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HENRY CLAYTON CASEBOLT
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
January 31, 1942 – February 28, 1966
Service recordHenry Clayton Casebolt, of St Joseph, Missouri, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 28, 1966, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 84 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 84
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- January 31, 1942
- Home of record
- St Joseph, Missouri (Buchanan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 28, 1966
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date February 28, 1966; 16 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 84
- JOSEPH JOHN REILLYPrivate First Class · February 27, 1966
- DONALD WAYNE SMITHSpecialist Four · February 27, 1966
- JAMES MAYNARD SPENCESpecialist Four · February 27, 1966
- ROGER DEAN BULIFANTPrivate First Class · February 28, 1966
From St Joseph
- GALEN FRANCIS HUMPHREYGunnery Sergeant · February 1, 1966
- ELMER EUGENE BERRYStaff Sergeant · February 26, 1966
- RONALD CHARLES LOGANAirman First Class · March 29, 1966
- RICHARD JOSEPH MANLEYSergeant · April 11, 1966
- WELLS ELDON CUNNINGHAMCaptain · August 17, 1966
- RONALD EUGENE BOHONPrivate First Class · March 23, 1967
- CHARLES C BURNETT JRStaff Sergeant · May 14, 1967
- LARRY GENE CAMPBELLCorporal · August 19, 1967
- CHARLES FRANKLIN RILEYPrivate First Class · November 11, 1967
- FRANK VELAZQUEZCaptain · January 1, 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.