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HENRY BETHEA
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 22, 1948 – March 4, 1969
Service recordHenry Bethea, of Montrose, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 4, 1969, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 30W, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30W · Line 35
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- March 22, 1948
- Home of record
- Montrose, New York (Westchester County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 4, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date March 4, 1969; he was the only one lost in Phuoc Long Province that day. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 156 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30W, Line 35
- ALFRED MAC WILSONPrivate First Class · March 3, 1969
- WILLARD ALVON WIMMERPrivate First Class · March 3, 1969
- VENCEN ACKERSONSergeant First Class · March 4, 1969
- JEFFREY CLAYTON BARTHOLLance Corporal · March 4, 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.