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BISMARK WASHINGTON HENRY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 12, 1948 – February 9, 1968
Service recordBismark Washington Henry, of Washington, District of Columbia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 9, 1968, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 38E, Line 51 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38E · Line 51
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (12B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- ENGINEERING CMD
- Born
- March 12, 1948
- Home of record
- Washington, District of Columbia (District Of Columbia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 9, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
107 names on the Wall carry the date February 9, 1968; he was the only one lost in Pleiku Province that day. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “ENGINEERING CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 25 of its members that month.
He died in Pleiku Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 38E, Line 51
- LAUREN JOSEPH HEYDINGERSergeant · February 9, 1968
- FRANK ELTON HILTEStaff Sergeant · February 9, 1968
- CHARLES EDWIN HOFFMANSpecialist Four · February 9, 1968
- GARY DAVID HOLLANDPrivate First Class · February 9, 1968
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES OBADATH GOODMANSpecialist Five · Panel 38E, Line 50
From Washington
- HOMER CLEO MCINTYRE JRCaptain · July 28, 1964
- JAMES MARTIN CALEStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- GEZA TEGLASSergeant · October 27, 1965
- LOUIS SHERRODSergeant · November 6, 1965
- LEROY HILLPlatoon Sergeant · November 8, 1965
- CALVIN BOUKNIGHTSpecialist Five · November 16, 1965
- PAUL EDWARD HURDLEStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- THEODORE M BEAMONSpecialist Four · November 23, 1965
- HARRY RONALD HOSKINSONSpecialist Four · December 13, 1965
- WILLIE MITCHELL JRAirman First Class · December 20, 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.