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HENRY EUGENE RUSSELL
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 11, 1947 – May 7, 1969
Service recordHenry Eugene Russell, of South Boston, Virginia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 7, 1969, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 25W, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25W · Line 17
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Materiel Control And Accounting Specialist (76P)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- April 11, 1947
- Home of record
- South Boston, Virginia (South Boston (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 7, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date May 7, 1969. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 34 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25W, Line 17
- JOHN ARTHUR KEESLINGSergeant · May 7, 1969
- CLYDE THOMAS MARTINCorporal · May 7, 1969
- PAUL DINNES MARTINEZ JRCorporal · May 7, 1969
- JOHN F MATTAROCCHIA JRSergeant · May 7, 1969
From South Boston
- HARVEY RAY NEALSergeant · July 27, 1970
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.