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HAROLD THOMAS HENESY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 10, 1946 – May 5, 1968
Service recordHarold Thomas Henesy, of St Petersburg, Florida, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 5, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 55E, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 55E · Line 16
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Multichannel Transmission Systems (31M)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 SIGNAL BDE
- Born
- April 10, 1946
- Home of record
- St Petersburg, Florida (Pinellas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 5, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
189 names on the Wall carry the date May 5, 1968; nine of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 SIGNAL BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 55E, Line 16
- DAVID ALLEN HAEFNERCorporal · May 5, 1968
- LESLIE EARL HARRIS JRLieutenant Colonel · May 5, 1968
- WILLIAM EMORY HEILMANCorporal · May 5, 1968
- DUANE A HELMICKCaptain · May 5, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOHN LESLIE DOWNINGPrivate First Class · Panel 55E, Line 9
- LARRY DALE WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · Panel 55E, Line 36
From St Petersburg
- PETER R COYMANStaff Sergeant · April 24, 1965
- JOHNIE KING CULBREATHSpecialist Four · May 11, 1965
- JAMES WILLIAM BARKSDALESergeant · November 6, 1965
- ARTHUR R MOODY IIISergeant · November 17, 1965
- WILLARD FRANCIS ELDERSergeant · December 27, 1965
- ROBERT CARLOS BOWMANSergeant · January 25, 1966
- MICHAEL THOMAS MURPHYPrivate First Class · June 10, 1966
- JOHN THOMAS DEMALINESergeant · August 30, 1966
- DAVID YOUNGSpecialist Four · January 7, 1967
- LAWRENCE CHRISTIAN CLAUSENSpecialist Four · February 15, 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.