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HAROLD HENASEY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 2, 1947 – April 29, 1968
Service recordHarold Henasey, of Burlington, New Jersey, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 29, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 53E, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 53E · Line 1
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- April 2, 1947
- Home of record
- Burlington, New Jersey (Burlington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 29, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
55 names on the Wall carry the date April 29, 1968; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 22 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 53E, Line 1
- JAMES WILLIAM DODDCorporal · April 29, 1968
- EDWARD ALBERT GAFFNEYPrivate First Class · April 29, 1968
- JAMES ALFRED HERINGPrivate First Class · April 29, 1968
- GEORGE LEE MAUGHAN SRCorporal · April 29, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JAMES WILLARD POWERS JRSpecialist Four · Panel 53E, Line 6
From Burlington
- FRANK OGBURN JRPrivate First Class · July 2, 1966
- THOMAS ALLEN LOWDENStaff Sergeant · September 27, 1966
- JAMES HORACE KENNARDPrivate First Class · November 19, 1966
- CHESTER MICHAEL RENCEVICZLance Corporal · July 27, 1968
- DANIEL OWEN ABERNATHYFirst Lieutenant · August 24, 1968
- ROBERT CHARLES DAVISMajor · May 2, 1975
- EZRA BUDD MARTERSergeant · April 1, 1970
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.