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DAVID PAUL HENRY
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 26, 1950 – September 25, 1969
Service recordDavid Paul Henry, of Keene, Texas, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 25, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 7
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- May 26, 1950
- Home of record
- Keene, Texas (Johnson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 25, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date September 25, 1969; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 31 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 7
- CHARLES HENRY GOLDMEYERPrivate First Class · September 25, 1969
- DAVID ROLLAND JACKSONWarrant Officer 1 · September 25, 1969
- JAMES IVAN JAQUISHSpecialist Four · September 25, 1969
- JOHN WILLIAM LUPUSergeant · September 25, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JAMES IVAN JAQUISHSpecialist Four · Panel 17W, Line 7
From Keene
- SHERRELL VANCE SHELTONSpecialist Four · November 3, 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.