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BERNARD JAMES HENRY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 1, 1949 – September 19, 1969
Service recordBernard James Henry, of Harrison, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 19, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 114 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 114
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- March 1, 1949
- Home of record
- Harrison, Michigan (Clare County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 19, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date September 19, 1969; three of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 48 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 114
- JOHN PATRICK LAMBOOYPrivate First Class · September 19, 1969
- KENNETH LEE PERRYSpecialist Four · September 19, 1969
- LARRY GUNNELL PINSONLance Corporal · September 19, 1969
- JOHN ARTHUR REEDFirst Lieutenant · September 19, 1969
Same unit, same day
- STEPHEN EDWARD CRISTPrivate First Class · Panel 18W, Line 112
From Harrison
- ROBERT ERNEST JONESCorporal · November 26, 1968
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.