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HENRY CALDWELL JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 27, 1946 – March 2, 1969
Service recordHenry Caldwell JR, of Birmingham, Alabama, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 2, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 30W, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30W · Line 10
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- August 27, 1946
- Home of record
- Birmingham, Alabama (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 2, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date March 2, 1969; three of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. 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 10
- JOSEPH LENORD BIDDLESergeant · March 2, 1969
- CHRISTOS C BOGIAGES JRColonel · March 2, 1969
- ROGER CLARK BURNHAMPetty Officer Third Class · March 2, 1969
- DENNIS SANDERS COKERFirst Lieutenant · March 2, 1969
Same unit, same day
- FRANK MESZAR IIICaptain · Panel 30W, Line 16
From Birmingham
- SHERMAN ELLIOT WILLIAMSSpecialist Five · July 9, 1965
- CARL WILLIAM MANNPrivate First Class · September 21, 1965
- ROBERT WARREN ALLENPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- GENE WILLIAM WILLIAMSSpecialist Five · October 12, 1965
- JAMES J HOWARDSpecialist Five · November 1, 1965
- CLEO LOCKETTCorporal · November 8, 1965
- HAROLD JAMES BATTLEPrivate First Class · November 12, 1965
- HAROLD EUGENE WATKINSLance Corporal · November 12, 1965
- CHARLES WILLIAM STOREYStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD EARL HARPERSpecialist Four · January 12, 1966
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.