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HENRY HOOKER STRONG JR
Captain · U.S. Navy
February 27, 1933 – May 25, 1972
Service recordHenry Hooker Strong JR, of North Wales, Pennsylvania, served as a Captain in the U.S. Navy. He was lost on May 25, 1972, in North Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 33
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Navy
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Url Pilot (1310)
- Unit (as recorded)
- ATKRON 212
- Born
- February 27, 1933
- Home of record
- North Wales, Pennsylvania (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- May 25, 1972
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing in action
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date May 25, 1972. In May 1972, 113 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in North Vietnam while the Easter Offensive was under way. On 30 March 1972, North Vietnam launched its largest offensive since 1968, attacking across the DMZ, toward An Lộc and into the Central Highlands. By then few U.S. ground troops remained; American advisers and air power fought alongside the South Vietnamese.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 1W, Line 33
- RICHARD ROLAND ARSENAULTStaff Sergeant · May 26, 1972
- CHARLES DONNETTE GIPSONStaff Sergeant · May 26, 1972
- LARRY KANE MORROWSergeant · May 29, 1972
- GERALD DOUGLAS SPRADLINWarrant Officer 1 · May 29, 1972
From North Wales
- JOSEPH ANTHONY MOLETTIERELance Corporal · February 5, 1968
- LOUIS ROBERT LORDISpecialist Four · May 17, 1968
- DAVID RALPH WEIGNERCaptain · 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.