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F-105D Thunderchiefs refuel from a KC-135 on the way to North Vietnam, about 1966.
F-105D Thunderchiefs refuel from a KC-135 on the way to North Vietnam, about 1966. Photo: U.S. Air Force, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of David Alan Henry.

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DAVID ALAN HENRY

Lieutenant (junior grade) · U.S. Navy

July 30, 1941 – September 19, 1966

Service record

David Alan Henry, of El Cerrito, California, served as a Lieutenant (junior grade) in the U.S. Navy. He died on September 19, 1966, in North Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 119 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

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Panel 10E · Line 119

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Service

Branch
U.S. Navy
Rank
Lieutenant (junior grade) (LTJG)
Service
Regular
Occupation
Url Pilot (1325)
Unit (as recorded)
VF 151 USS CONSTELLATION CVA 64
Born
July 30, 1941
Home of record
El Cerrito, California (Contra Costa County)

Casualty

Date of death
September 19, 1966
Age
25
Country
North Vietnam
Casualty type
Non-hostile
Category
Accident
Circumstance
Aircraft Crash — crew
Remains
Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record

Context · from the records

What was happening

36 names on the Wall carry the date September 19, 1966. In September 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

He died in North Vietnam while Operation Rolling Thunder was under way. Operation Rolling Thunder (March 1965–November 1968) was the sustained U.S. bombing campaign against North Vietnam, flown by Air Force fighter-bombers from Thailand and Navy aircraft from carriers in the Gulf of Tonkin against some of the densest air defenses in the world.

His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.

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From El Cerrito

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.