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HENRY GENTRY JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 30, 1939 – December 5, 1965
Service recordHenry Gentry JR, of Wichita, Kansas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 5, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 3E, Line 126 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3E · Line 126
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- September 30, 1939
- Home of record
- Wichita, Kansas (Sedgwick County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 5, 1965
- Age
- 26
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
49 names on the Wall carry the date December 5, 1965. In December 1965, 326 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 77 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3E, Line 126
- MORRIS FREDERICK DIBBLEPrivate First Class · December 5, 1965
- GEORGE JOE BU EISENBERGERSergeant · December 5, 1965
- RICHARD MICHAEL FACONDINIPrivate First Class · December 5, 1965
- ROBERT GOINESSergeant · December 5, 1965
Same unit, same day
- DOUGLAS VERNON ANDREPrivate First Class · Panel 3E, Line 125
- STEVEN HESS BOYERPrivate First Class · Panel 3E, Line 125
- DAVID LEE BRODEURPrivate First Class · Panel 3E, Line 125
- FREDERICK FRANK CADILLESpecialist Four · Panel 3E, Line 125
- MORRIS FREDERICK DIBBLEPrivate First Class · Panel 3E, Line 126
- GEORGE JOE BU EISENBERGERSergeant · Panel 3E, Line 126
- RICHARD MICHAEL FACONDINIPrivate First Class · Panel 3E, Line 126
- ROBERT GOINESSergeant · Panel 3E, Line 126
- JAMES GRAHAMSpecialist Four · Panel 3E, Line 127
- JOHN PRESTON GREENESpecialist Four · Panel 3E, Line 127
- MICHAEL ALFRED GRUBERPrivate First Class · Panel 3E, Line 127
- JORGE M JARAMILLOPrivate First Class · Panel 3E, Line 127
- NORMAN WALLACE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · Panel 3E, Line 128
- JERRY BERNIS JOHNSTONPrivate First Class · Panel 3E, Line 128
- GRANDVILLE R JONES JRPrivate First Class · Panel 3E, Line 128
- LEONARD ALEXANDER JONESSpecialist Four · Panel 3E, Line 128
- GEORGE EDWARD JOYCEPrivate · Panel 3E, Line 128
- RAYMOND EARL KELLEMSSpecialist Five · Panel 3E, Line 129
- RICHARD KILLENSSpecialist Four · Panel 3E, Line 129
- PATRICK WILLMER KINGSpecialist Four · Panel 3E, Line 129
- CZESLAW KOWALCZYKStaff Sergeant · Panel 3E, Line 129
- ONEAL LEGETTESpecialist Four · Panel 3E, Line 130
- MCGEARY LITTLEJOHNSpecialist Four · Panel 3E, Line 130
- JAMES ESKEL LOFGRENStaff Sergeant · Panel 3E, Line 130
From Wichita
- RICHARD DEAN SMITHLieutenant Colonel · March 11, 1965
- GARY LYNN DICKEYLance Corporal · July 23, 1965
- LOUIS DON ROYSTON JRPrivate First Class · September 1, 1965
- REBEL LEE HOLCOMBSergeant · November 8, 1965
- DANIEL ALBERT DICKINSONSpecialist Four · December 6, 1965
- DONALD DEAN KARLINCorporal · December 18, 1965
- CHARLES RONALD GURTLERLance Corporal · April 21, 1966
- ROBERT GARY MALONECorporal · July 28, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD REIDPrivate First Class · August 26, 1966
- BOBBY RAY BRYANTPrivate First Class · October 2, 1966
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.