Career
Terry joined the Army from his birth city of Little Rock, Arkansas in 1943, and by May 11, 1945 was serving as a first lieutenant in Company B, 382nd Infantry Regiment, 96th Infantry Division. On that day, in a fight for "Zebra Hill" during the Battle of Okinawa, Terry repeatedly assaulted the Japanese forces alone, despite heavy enemy fire, and encouraged his fellow soldiers in their attack. He was severely wounded by a Japanese mortar, and died of his injuries two days later.
Terry, aged 26 at his death, was buried at Roselawn Memorial Park in his hometown of Little Rock, Arkansas.
Locating the source of enemy fire in trenches on the reverse slope of the hill, This thrust, too, was halted by stubborn resistance.
