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HENRY HERBERT MEASLEY JR
Petty Officer First Class · U.S. Navy
December 27, 1937 – February 12, 1966
Service recordHenry Herbert Measley JR, of Westville, Indiana, served as a Petty Officer First Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on February 12, 1966, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 27
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer First Class (PO1)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aviation Structural Mechanic (Hydraulics) (AMH)
- Born
- December 27, 1937
- Home of record
- Westville, Indiana (La Porte County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 12, 1966
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date February 12, 1966; he was the only one lost in Gia Dinh Province that day. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 27
- GAYLORD NATHA KLINEFELTERPrivate First Class · February 12, 1966
- STEPHEN GEOFFREY LORDLance Corporal · February 12, 1966
- DANIEL MORRIS MARTZ JRMajor · February 12, 1966
- THOMAS EDWARD ONEILL JRPrivate First Class · February 12, 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.