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FREDERICK JOHN HENRY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 19, 1948 – June 5, 1969
Service recordFrederick John Henry, of Van Nuys, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 5, 1969, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 73 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 73
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 First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- September 19, 1948
- Home of record
- Van Nuys, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 5, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
60 names on the Wall carry the date June 5, 1969; 11 of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 47 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 73
- LOUIE FRANK DALIESergeant · June 5, 1969
- MCARTHUR GAFFNEYSpecialist Four · June 5, 1969
- SHERMAN WILLIAM GREGORYSpecialist Four · June 5, 1969
- JACK HATFIELDSergeant · June 5, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JOSE ANIBAL ECHEVARRIA JRSpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 72
- LOUIE FRANK DALIESergeant · Panel 23W, Line 73
- THOMAS GLEN HORALPrivate First Class · Panel 23W, Line 74
- DAVID TERRELL HOWARDPrivate First Class · Panel 23W, Line 75
- CLAUDIE METCALFPrivate First Class · Panel 23W, Line 76
- LAWRENCE EDWARD PAULSENSergeant · Panel 23W, Line 77
- MACK LEE PRESTON JRPrivate First Class · Panel 23W, Line 78
- ALEXANDER P SANTIAGO JRSpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 79
- PAUL ROBERT TILLEMANPrivate First Class · Panel 23W, Line 79
- THOMAS JOSEPH WILLIAMSCorporal · Panel 23W, Line 81
From Van Nuys
- ROBERT LESTER VANGIESONPrivate First Class · March 12, 1967
- ROBERT LYNN MARGOLISPrivate First Class · May 8, 1967
- HENRY GARFIELD HAMPTONPrivate First Class · May 14, 1967
- JOHN ROBERT HILLSpecialist Four · June 19, 1967
- MICHAEL JAMES TOMLINSONLance Corporal · September 11, 1967
- BRUCE TORTORICISergeant · April 5, 1968
- LAWRENCE JESSE ENGLANDERSergeant First Class · May 2, 1968
- D LANCE MCDONALDPrivate First Class · September 16, 1968
- NORMAN NORTHRO CUNNINGHAMMajor · September 24, 1968
- JOHN RODNEY NOBLECorporal · October 10, 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.