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HENRY FRANCE ASUNCION
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
September 23, 1947 – November 27, 1968
Service recordHenry France Asuncion, of Delano, California, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 27, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 38W, Line 70 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38W · Line 70
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- September 23, 1947
- Home of record
- Delano, California (Kern County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 27, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
61 names on the Wall carry the date November 27, 1968; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 38W, Line 70
- JAMES CLARENCE ADAMSFirst Lieutenant · November 27, 1968
- NICHOLAS RICHARD ALEXANDERChief Warrant Officer 2 · November 27, 1968
- ERNEST LEE BARBERSpecialist Four · November 27, 1968
- ROGER JAY BARTHOLOMEWLieutenant Colonel · November 27, 1968
From Delano
- NARCISO BERTOMEN JRLance Corporal · August 24, 1965
- ROGER C MITCHELLCorporal · January 5, 1967
- BALDOMERO ARTURO NADALCorporal · April 15, 1967
- PHILLIP GENE CANTRELLPrivate · December 22, 1967
- LEROY ERNEST HALBERT JRSergeant · December 31, 1970
- EDWARD JOSEPH LOPEZPrivate · November 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.