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DOUGLAS ALLEN HENNING
Private · U.S. Army
August 3, 1947 – July 17, 1968
Service recordDouglas Allen Henning, of Orchard Park, New York, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on July 17, 1968, in Binh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 52W, Line 43 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 52W · Line 43
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
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Heavy Anti-Armor Weapons Infantryman (11H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- August 3, 1947
- Home of record
- Orchard Park, New York (Erie County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 17, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date July 17, 1968; two of them were lost in Binh Thuan Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 80 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 52W, Line 43
- LARRY ALLEN GARRISONPrivate · July 17, 1968
- ISAAC DE VAND HAMPTONCorporal · July 17, 1968
- ROBERT DALE HAZLETTLance Corporal · July 17, 1968
- RICHARD LOUIS PROSTELLPrivate First Class · July 17, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DONALD JAMES SMITHSpecialist Four · Panel 52W, Line 47
From Orchard Park
- ROBERT BOUGHTON BEALECaptain · March 17, 1967
- GARY RAY TOWNSENDLance Corporal · September 30, 1968
- SHERMAN BOCHNEWETCH IIFirst Lieutenant · February 28, 1970
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.