{{Short description|American Coast Guard officer (1978–2012)}} {{Infobox military person | name = Terrell Horne III | image = Senior Chief Petty Officer Terrell Horne III climbs onto the ship after conducting water survival training.jpg | alt = | caption = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1978|10|26}} | birth_place = Mountain View, California, US<ref name="bio">{{Cite web |last=Havern |first=Christopher |date=2015-02-16 |title=Coast Guard Heroes: Terrell Horne III |url=http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/2015/02/coast-guard-heroes-terrell-horne-iii/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210414104016/https://coastguard.dodlive.mil/2015/02/coast-guard-heroes-terrell-horne-iii/ |archive-date=14 April 2021 |access-date=2017-12-30 |website=Coast Guard Compass}}</ref> | death_date = {{Death date|2012|12|02}} | death_place = | allegiance = United States | branch = United States Coast Guard | service_years = 1999 - 2012 | rank = Senior Chief Petty Officer | other_names = | known_for = Died in the line of duty protecting a comrade }} thumb|On the night of his death Horne was aboard the ''Halibut{{'}}s'' high-speed water-jet powered pursuit boat, seen here to the left, in its stern-launching ramp. '''Terrell Edwin Horne III''' (1978–2012)<ref name=bio/> was a senior chief petty officer with the United States Coast Guard, who was killed in the line of duty while intercepting smugglers, on December 2, 2012.<ref name=LATimes2014-02-15/><ref name=LAObserved2014-02-05/>
Horne had fourteen years service in the Coast Guard and was second in command of the Marine Protector class cutter USCGC ''Halibut'' on the night he was killed in action.<ref name=UscgHorneSentinel/> He was aboard the ''Halibut{{'}}s'' pursuit boat when it was sent to intercept the smugglers. When they were ordered to heave to, the smugglers rammed Horne's boat and his head was fatally struck by their propeller.<ref name=LATimes2014-02-15/><ref name=LAObserved2014-02-05/> Horne is credited with pushing the coxswain out of the path of danger at the cost of his own life.<ref name=UscgHorneMedal/>
On July 30, 2014, the Coast Guard Commandant, Paul Zukunft, announced that the Coast Guard would name a Sentinel class cutter after Horne. All of the cutters will be named after enlisted members of the Coast Guard, or one of its precursors, who were recognized as heroes.<ref name=UscgHorneSentinel/>
==References== {{Reflist |refs= <ref name="UscgHorneSentinel">{{Cite news |last=Lagan |first=Christopher |date=2014-07-30 |title=Coast Guard to name cutter for BMCS Terrell Horne III |publisher=Coast Guard Compass |url=http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/2014/07/coast-guard-to-name-cutter-for-bmcs-terrell-horne-iii/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210414104016/https://coastguard.dodlive.mil/2015/02/coast-guard-heroes-terrell-horne-iii/ |archive-date=14 April 2021 |quote=The Commandant personally informed the Horne family earlier today a fast response cutter will bear Terrell’s name in honor of his sacrifice and faithful service in defense of his nation.}}</ref> <ref name="UscgHorneMedal">{{Cite news |title=Citation to accompany the award of the Coast Guard Medal (posthumously) to Terrell E. Horne, III, Senior Chief Boatswain's Mate, United States Coast Guard |publisher=United States Coast Guard |url=http://www.uscg.mil/history/people/awards/CGM/CGMedalHorneT.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140811184739/https://www.uscg.mil/history/people/awards/CGM/CGMedalHorneT.pdf |archive-date=11 August 2014}}</ref> <ref name="LAObserved2014-02-05">{{Cite news |last=Roderick |first=Kevin |date=2014-02-05 |title=Mexican smugglers convicted in sea death of Coast Guard Chief Horne |work=LA Observed |url=http://www.laobserved.com/archive/2014/02/mexican_smugglers_convict.php |url-status=live |access-date=2014-08-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140715001218/http://www.laobserved.com/archive/2014/02/mexican_smugglers_convict.php |archive-date=2014-07-15 |quote=Two Mexican nationals from Ensenada who were apprehended on a smuggling panga in December 2012 were convicted today in the death of Coast Guard Chief Petty Officer Terrell Horne III.}}</ref> <ref name="LATimes2014-02-15">{{Cite news |last=Mather |first=Kate |date=2014-02-15 |title=Mexican nationals convicted in 2012 death of Coast Guardsman |work=Los Angeles Times |url=https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-mexican-nationals-convicted-coast-guard-20140205-story.html |url-status=live |access-date=2014-08-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140802170025/http://articles.latimes.com/2014/feb/05/local/la-me-ln-mexican-nationals-convicted-coast-guard-20140205 |archive-date=2014-08-02 |quote=Chief Petty Officer Terrell Horne III's death made him the first Coast Guardsman murdered in the line of duty since 1927, officials said. Horne, who spent 14 years with the Coast Guard, was posthumously promoted to the rank of senior chief petty officer.}}</ref> }}
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