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GERALD RUSSELL HENRY
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
June 21, 1947 – July 7, 1967
Service recordGerald Russell Henry, of Hayward, California, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 7, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 28
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
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- June 21, 1947
- Home of record
- Hayward, California (Alameda County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 7, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date July 7, 1967; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 23E, Line 28
- CHARLES JOSEPH GLENN IIICorporal · July 7, 1967
- WILLIAM EARL HERRINGCorporal · July 7, 1967
- FLOYD HOLIFIELD JRFirst Lieutenant · July 7, 1967
- GATLIN JERRYL HOWELLFirst Lieutenant · July 7, 1967
From Hayward
- RICHARD C AMATOPrivate First Class · January 11, 1966
- WILLIAM RICHARD CLEMENTSLieutenant (junior grade) · October 26, 1966
- MICHAEL JOSEPH HEALCorporal · February 28, 1967
- ROBERT WAYNE SKARPHOLSpecialist Four · March 8, 1967
- DOUGLAS HUDSON MCCALLPrivate First Class · April 22, 1967
- RICHARD TYRONE BROWNPrivate First Class · April 26, 1967
- ALLEN BARTLEY RUSSELLSergeant First Class · May 20, 1967
- LEVAN ARLIN CHURCHLance Corporal · August 1, 1967
- SANFORD SHROUT JRLance Corporal · September 2, 1967
- HARRY MERLE MCNALLYSpecialist Four · October 27, 1967
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.