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HARRY THOMAS HENTHORN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 16, 1950 – August 29, 1970
Service recordHarry Thomas Henthorn, of Richmond, Indiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 29, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 22
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- August 16, 1950
- Home of record
- Richmond, Indiana (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 29, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date August 29, 1970; six of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 22
- DANIEL LAWRENCE GROVERPrivate First Class · August 29, 1970
- CECIL JACKSON JRSpecialist Five · August 29, 1970
- BRIAN EDWARD JAYPrivate First Class · August 29, 1970
- MARK WENDELL MINEARWarrant Officer 1 · August 29, 1970
Same unit, same day
- BRIAN EDWARD JAYPrivate First Class · Panel 7W, Line 22
- MARK WENDELL MINEARWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 7W, Line 22
- HOWARD EUGENE SATTERFIELDSpecialist Five · Panel 7W, Line 23
- LAWRENCE ELWOOD SCHEIB JRSpecialist Four · Panel 7W, Line 23
- JOHN FREDERICK SHIEFERFirst Lieutenant · Panel 7W, Line 23
From Richmond
- CURTIS LAMARR FOSTERPrivate First Class · June 6, 1965
- JON DAVID VANNATTALance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- KARL EDWIN KLUTECaptain · March 14, 1966
- JESSE FLOYD WAGESSpecialist Four · May 17, 1966
- BURNIE HARRISStaff Sergeant · May 18, 1966
- TERRY LEE WILESPrivate First Class · June 10, 1966
- THOMAS PAUL DEITEMEYERSpecialist Four · February 12, 1967
- DAVID ALLEN DOWNINGSergeant · March 11, 1967
- THOMAS CLAYTON BENGESergeant First Class · June 25, 1967
- TERRI LEIGH HINESPrivate First Class · July 2, 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.