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HENRY HARRISON DELANO
Master Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 13, 1930 – July 22, 1966
Service recordHenry Harrison Delano, of Abilene, Texas, served as a Master Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 22, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 35. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 56 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 56
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Master Sergeant (MSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Imagery Analyst (96D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 519 MIL INTEL USARV
- Born
- November 13, 1930
- Home of record
- Abilene, Texas (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 22, 1966
- Age
- 35
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date July 22, 1966. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “519 MIL INTEL USARV”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 56
- JOHN LARRY DODSONSpecialist Five · July 22, 1966
- MAXWELL STOWELL FRANTZHospitalman · July 22, 1966
- WESTON DAVID MACLEANLance Corporal · July 22, 1966
- ROY FLORES MENOLance Corporal · July 22, 1966
From Abilene
- EDGAR LEWIS PETERSON JRPrivate First Class · September 18, 1965
- RAYES CISNEROS FLORESPrivate First Class · October 30, 1965
- FRANCISCO HERRERASergeant · March 29, 1966
- GREG WEAVERPrivate First Class · May 26, 1966
- RONALD GENE MCBETHPrivate First Class · June 25, 1966
- JACKIE BURL HALLPrivate First Class · November 8, 1966
- WILLIAM P YARBROUGH JRCommander · January 19, 1967
- RONALD JAMES DEXTERSergeant Major · June 3, 1967
- SAM TRINIDAD CURIELLance Corporal · September 6, 1967
- PHILLIP DALE JOHNSONPetty Officer Third Class · September 10, 1967
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.