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GEARLD ALBERT HENRY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 7, 1948 – August 18, 1969
Service recordGearld Albert Henry, of Landis, Arkansas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 18, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 61 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 61
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- July 7, 1948
- Home of record
- Landis, Arkansas (Searcy County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 18, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date August 18, 1969; 14 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 74 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 61
- GARY WAYNE HARVEYPrivate First Class · August 18, 1969
- EDWIN CLOYD HOCKENBERRYPrivate First Class · August 18, 1969
- JAMES G HODGSKIN JRChief Warrant Officer 2 · August 18, 1969
- JAMES WALTER KIRKSEYSpecialist Five · August 18, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RODNEY LOUIS ENGELPrivate First Class · Panel 19W, Line 60
- ROBERT ALAN FOXPrivate First Class · Panel 19W, Line 60
- MARK WELDON GRIGSBYSergeant · Panel 19W, Line 60
- GARY WAYNE HARVEYPrivate First Class · Panel 19W, Line 61
- EDWIN CLOYD HOCKENBERRYPrivate First Class · Panel 19W, Line 61
- DAVID LEWISPrivate First Class · Panel 19W, Line 62
- VINCENT TOMMY MASCIALECorporal · Panel 19W, Line 62
- DOUGLAS CARROLL MERRILLPrivate First Class · Panel 19W, Line 62
- ROBERT K SPILLNERStaff Sergeant · Panel 19W, Line 63
- THOMAS LEE STRADTMANSpecialist Four · Panel 19W, Line 64
- PAUL WARD VANDERBOOM JRSpecialist Four · Panel 19W, Line 64
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.