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HENRY DAVID CUSTEN
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
April 18, 1948 – February 23, 1969
Service recordHenry David Custen, of Wheaton, Maryland, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 23, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 32W, Line 97 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32W · Line 97
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- April 18, 1948
- Home of record
- Wheaton, Maryland (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 23, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
209 names on the Wall carry the date February 23, 1969; 83 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 32W, Line 97
- ROBERT DONALD EICKLEBERRYSpecialist Four · February 23, 1969
- RANDOLPH EUBANKSSpecialist Four · February 23, 1969
- WESLEY ELMER FLANIGANCaptain · February 23, 1969
- EUGENE JOSEPH GARRITY JRPetty Officer Third Class · February 23, 1969
From Wheaton
- FRANCIS EDWARD CAMDEN JRPetty Officer Third Class · January 20, 1967
- DAVID MELDRUM HARTLance Corporal · May 10, 1967
- ROBERT MATTHEW CARLOZZILance Corporal · October 27, 1967
- WILLIAM KENIS HOPKINSLance Corporal · December 14, 1968
- ROBERT WAYNE GARDNERChief Warrant Officer 2 · April 27, 1970
- DONALD EUGENE WEISMANSergeant · April 28, 1971
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.