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HENRY ARTHUR GRETTEN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 10, 1941 – February 13, 1966
Service recordHenry Arthur Gretten, of Albia, Iowa, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 13, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 29
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- July 10, 1941
- Home of record
- Albia, Iowa (Monroe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 13, 1966
- Age
- 24
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date February 13, 1966. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 83 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 29
- JOE LEE WILLIAMSPetty Officer First Class · August 5, 1964
- JOHN MICHAEL HOARPrivate First Class · February 13, 1966
- WALTER KISALAPrivate First Class · February 13, 1966
- CHARLES TERRELL PITTMANSpecialist Four · February 13, 1966
- DAVID LEON SMITHLance Corporal · February 13, 1966
Same unit, same day
- LEONARD DAVID FORDPrivate · Panel 5E, Line 28
- CHARLES TERRELL PITTMANSpecialist Four · Panel 5E, Line 29
From Albia
- MARVIN EDWARD GORDONLance Corporal · September 17, 1967
- GARY LEE ABRAHAMSONCorporal · September 20, 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.