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GRANT HIROAKI HENJYOJI
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
December 13, 1943 – March 8, 1969
Service recordGrant Hiroaki Henjyoji, of Portland, Oregon, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 8, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 30W, Line 76 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30W · Line 76
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- December 13, 1943
- Home of record
- Portland, Oregon (Multnomah County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 8, 1969
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
73 names on the Wall carry the date March 8, 1969; 20 of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 156 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30W, Line 76
- RALPH ASBERRY CONEColonel · March 8, 1969
- PAUL DEARING HAYDONPrivate First Class · March 8, 1969
- EARL THOMAS HOAGSpecialist Four · March 8, 1969
- JOHN R HORNSBYSpecialist Four · March 8, 1969
- ROGER HAYDEN HOWESCorporal · March 8, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT JOHN BENEDICTPrivate First Class · Panel 30W, Line 71
- WILLIAM RAY BLACKCaptain · Panel 30W, Line 72
- THOMAS JOHN BOWESpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 72
- MICHAEL WALTER DOYLECorporal · Panel 30W, Line 74
- JOHN PHILLIP EMRATHCaptain · Panel 30W, Line 74
- LARRY EDGAR EVANSCorporal · Panel 30W, Line 74
- PETER LAWRENCE GORVADLieutenant Colonel · Panel 30W, Line 74
- VINCENT FEJA GUERREROCorporal · Panel 30W, Line 75
- JOHN R HORNSBYSpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 76
- WALTER BRUCE HOXWORTHSergeant · Panel 30W, Line 77
- GORDON CHESTER MURRAYSpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 80
- THOMAS JOSEPH ROACH JRSpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 80
- PETER LEADBETTER TRIPPFirst Lieutenant · Panel 30W, Line 80
- CHARLES DAVID SNYDERPrivate First Class · Panel 30W, Line 81
- GLENN ROBERT STAIRPrivate First Class · Panel 30W, Line 81
- ROY DEAN WIMMERPrivate First Class · Panel 30W, Line 83
From Portland
- RICHARD DALE BENZELSergeant First Class · December 6, 1962
- GEORGE WILLIAM WATSONSpecialist Five · December 18, 1963
- HAROLD JAMES ROBERTS JRMaster Sergeant · June 18, 1965
- TYRRELL GORDON LOWRYCaptain · June 18, 1965
- WILLIAM JOHN LAGRANDChief Warrant Officer 2 · September 5, 1965
- LARRY ALAN LINDSEYPrivate First Class · September 6, 1965
- DONALD WALTER LOVETTSpecialist Four · December 8, 1965
- DAVID JOHN BYSTEDTLance Corporal · January 11, 1966
- RAYMOND EARL BROWNLance Corporal · January 12, 1966
- JAMES LEE GARDNERCorporal · February 2, 1966
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.