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HENRY ALBERT HEAL JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 26, 1947 – April 22, 1968
Service recordHenry Albert Heal JR, of Milo, Maine, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 22, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 51E, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51E · Line 30
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
- April 26, 1947
- Home of record
- Milo, Maine (Piscataquis County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 22, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date April 22, 1968; seven of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 189 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 51E, Line 30
- JAMES ERNEST GUSTAFSONPetty Officer Third Class · April 22, 1968
- HERBERT LEE HAMMONDPrivate · April 22, 1968
- RICHARD ALLEN HILLSpecialist Four · April 22, 1968
- REYNALDO AYALA SANCHEZPrivate First Class · April 22, 1968
Same unit, same day
- LESTER LEWIS MOOREPrivate First Class · Panel 51E, Line 31
- HENRY PASILLASSpecialist Four · Panel 51E, Line 32
- NORMAN LEE HINKLESpecialist Four · Panel 51E, Line 33
- WALTER RIDGEWAY WINDER JRSpecialist Four · Panel 51E, Line 34
From Milo
- WAYNE SANGILLOPrivate First Class · November 18, 1968
- JAMES EARL ELLINGSONWarrant Officer 1 · January 18, 1969
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.