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HENRY CHAMBERLAIN
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 5, 1942 – March 13, 1969
Service recordHenry Chamberlain, of Harlingen, Texas, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 13, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · Line 28
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- April 5, 1942
- Home of record
- Harlingen, Texas (Cameron County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 13, 1969
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date March 13, 1969; four of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 49 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29W, Line 28
- DONNIE WAYNE CAUDILLSergeant · March 13, 1969
- CORNELL RICHARD R CLARKESpecialist Four · March 13, 1969
- ROBERT ALAN CONLEYSpecialist Four · March 13, 1969
- CHARLES VAUGHN DUPRESpecialist Four · March 13, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT ALAN CONLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 29W, Line 28
- THOMAS JOHN KOOBSpecialist Four · Panel 29W, Line 30
- JOSEPH MICHAEL URBANCZYKSpecialist Four · Panel 29W, Line 33
From Harlingen
- GEORGE GUTIERREZ JRSecond Lieutenant · September 1, 1965
- JOSE LUIS CABALLEROLance Corporal · December 9, 1965
- JULIAN GARZA CORDEROCorporal · April 27, 1966
- KENNETH EUGENE HELEMSStaff Sergeant · April 29, 1966
- WILBERTO CABRERA SANCHEZStaff Sergeant · July 21, 1966
- FRANCISCO HERNANDEZ MORENOPrivate First Class · September 22, 1966
- RODOLFO MARCIANO GONZALEZCorporal · November 14, 1966
- JOSE MARIA FLORESPrivate First Class · April 11, 1967
- MANUEL JESUS MOREIDAStaff Sergeant · December 2, 1967
- CHRISTOPHER A GROSSE JRStaff Sergeant · March 28, 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.