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CARL ONEAL HENLY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 9, 1949 – July 23, 1969
Service recordCarl Oneal Henly, of Lubbock, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 23, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 37
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- February 9, 1949
- Home of record
- Lubbock, Texas (Lubbock County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 23, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date July 23, 1969; three of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 37
- MYRON KEITH RENNEPrivate First Class · July 23, 1969
- MICHAEL ALLEN RUHTERSpecialist Four · July 23, 1969
- JAIME ARTURO SALINASLance Corporal · July 23, 1969
- DAVID ALLEN STRONGSergeant · July 23, 1969
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL ALLEN RUHTERSpecialist Four · Panel 20W, Line 37
From Lubbock
- CHARLES DON WITTLieutenant · May 24, 1967
- WAYLEN LEE POWELLSpecialist Four · July 4, 1967
- JACK ALBERT BERRYLance Corporal · September 4, 1967
- JOE LOVATO JRSpecialist Four · October 17, 1967
- JOSE LOUIS MORENOPrivate First Class · November 29, 1967
- WADE E THACKREY JRCorporal · February 15, 1968
- FREDRIC CECIL MCCASKILLPrivate First Class · June 19, 1968
- ROBERT JOSEPH WRIGHTPrivate First Class · September 5, 1968
- CLIFFORD WAYNE FIESZELLieutenant Colonel · September 30, 1968
- RAYMOND MARSHALL TANNERSpecialist Five · October 27, 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.