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HENRY ARD
Platoon Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 5, 1927 – October 31, 1966
Service recordHenry Ard, of Robertsdale, Alabama, served as a Platoon Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 31, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 39. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 132 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 132
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Platoon Sergeant (PSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- April 5, 1927
- Home of record
- Robertsdale, Alabama (Baldwin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 31, 1966
- Age
- 39
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date October 31, 1966. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 55 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 132
- DANNY LEE MCDONALDPrivate First Class · October 30, 1966
- JOHN RAYMOND BOWLING SRSpecialist Four · October 31, 1966
- NATHANIEL BROWNStaff Sergeant · October 31, 1966
- HOWARD CLANTONPrivate First Class · October 31, 1966
Same unit, same day
- PHILLIP DALE JOSLENPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 1
From Robertsdale
- JAMES CALVIN KENDRICKStaff Sergeant · January 2, 1967
- WILLIAM LAWRENCE PATELance Corporal · May 16, 1968
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.