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ANDREW L HENRY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 21, 1942 – January 14, 1966
Service recordAndrew L Henry, of Jackson, Mississippi, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 14, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 72 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 72
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- September 21, 1942
- Home of record
- Jackson, Mississippi (Hinds County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 14, 1966
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Five names on the Wall carry the date January 14, 1966. In January 1966, 401 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 58 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 72
- RICHARD ROBERT RYNKIEWICZPrivate First Class · January 13, 1966
- DONALD FREDERICK WEINMANSergeant · January 13, 1966
- GEORGE SENSENY EYSTER JRLieutenant Colonel · January 14, 1966
- THEODORE BUCHANAN SILASPrivate First Class · January 14, 1966
Same unit, same day
- GEORGE SENSENY EYSTER JRLieutenant Colonel · Panel 4E, Line 72
- ANDRES GARCIASpecialist Four · Panel 4E, Line 73
- JOSE RAMO PAGAN-CARTAGENASergeant · Panel 4E, Line 73
From Jackson
- JOHNNY CRAWFORD SANDERSMaster Sergeant · December 25, 1963
- BYRON HUGH CROTWELLStaff Sergeant · January 13, 1966
- JAMES ALBERT WOODCorporal · March 25, 1966
- JOHN DANIEL ROECKLPrivate First Class · August 2, 1966
- RICHARD A WALTMANPrivate First Class · August 15, 1966
- WILLIAM DEWITT PERKINS JRChief Warrant Officer 2 · August 27, 1966
- JAMES PETER NARD IIILance Corporal · September 18, 1966
- DONAIL MARTINPetty Officer Third Class · November 28, 1966
- TOMMIE LEE MOONEYPrivate First Class · December 11, 1966
- DAVID EARL MATTHEWSCorporal · April 19, 1967
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.