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DENNIS LEE HENRY
Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 8, 1949 – August 24, 1969
Service recordDennis Lee Henry, of Bellevue, Kentucky, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 24, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 107 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 107
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Personnel Specialist (71H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 82 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- March 8, 1949
- Home of record
- Bellevue, Kentucky (Campbell County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 24, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date August 24, 1969; three of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 82nd Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 107
- WILLIAM FRANK GOLLIDAYCorporal · August 24, 1969
- WILLIAM DUANE KAYGAPrivate First Class · August 24, 1969
- JOSEPH JOHN MILANOPetty Officer Third Class · August 24, 1969
- LENARD F MOEGGENBORGCorporal · August 24, 1969
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM DUANE KAYGAPrivate First Class · Panel 19W, Line 107
From Bellevue
- DELMER ANDERSONLance Corporal · January 13, 1968
- EUGENE SPENCERStaff Sergeant · October 31, 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.