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ALVA DEAN HENTHORN
Corporal · U.S. Army
November 26, 1947 – June 6, 1968
Service recordAlva Dean Henthorn, of Columbus, Ohio, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on June 6, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 59W, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 59W · Line 4
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Clerk (70A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- November 26, 1947
- Home of record
- Columbus, Ohio (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 6, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
106 names on the Wall carry the date June 6, 1968; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 59W, Line 4
- RALPH LEWIS HARPERLance Corporal · June 6, 1968
- WILLIAM ALLEN HAYESPrivate First Class · June 6, 1968
- EDWARD HUBERT HIGGINSPrivate First Class · June 6, 1968
- JASON AIREAL HOLESCorporal · June 6, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD SHIRLEY DAVIS JRSpecialist Four · Panel 60W, Line 27
- CLARENCE E HORNBUCKLE JRMaster Sergeant · Panel 59W, Line 5
From Columbus
- LAWRENCE CLAIR HAMMONDChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 11, 1963
- JOHN FREDRICK STONEBURNERMajor · December 9, 1964
- TOMMY JOE BELCHERSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- ANDREW JACOB HINDERMANPrivate First Class · September 11, 1965
- WILLIAM BISHOP WOLFLance Corporal · October 14, 1965
- DENNIS SMITHCorporal · October 30, 1965
- CHARLES THOMAS MOORE JRSpecialist Five · November 17, 1965
- KENNETH POLINGSpecialist Four · November 21, 1965
- MORRIS LEE BARGYCorporal · November 29, 1965
- MORRIS E JENKINSSpecialist Five · December 2, 1965
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.