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GERALD EDWARD HENRY
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
February 16, 1949 – May 12, 1969
Service recordGerald Edward Henry, of Edwardsville, Illinois, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 12, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 25W, Line 71 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25W · Line 71
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Mortarman (0341)
- Born
- February 16, 1949
- Home of record
- Edwardsville, Illinois (Madison County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 12, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
170 names on the Wall carry the date May 12, 1969; 39 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 25W, Line 71
- LAWRENCE DANIEL HARVEYPrivate First Class · May 12, 1969
- RICHARD WAYNE HAYNESPrivate First Class · May 12, 1969
- TERRY RICHARD HEISERSpecialist Five · May 12, 1969
- ALVIN CRAWFORD HINSONStaff Sergeant · May 12, 1969
From Edwardsville
- DONALD WAYNE BORNMANSergeant · January 5, 1968
- RONALD EDWARD ROHRKASTEPrivate First Class · February 9, 1968
- SHERLIN ANDREW HEIMANPrivate First Class · November 30, 1968
- MICHAEL JOHN TESSAROSpecialist Four · January 9, 1969
- RONALD DALE KELLERCorporal · May 10, 1969
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.