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HENRY JAMES REPETA
Major · U.S. Air Force
April 30, 1933 – December 23, 1972
Service recordHenry James Repeta, of Syosset, New York, served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force. He died on December 23, 1972, in Laos, at age 39. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 104 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 104
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- April 30, 1933
- Home of record
- Syosset, New York (Nassau County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 23, 1972
- Age
- 39
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Five names on the Wall carry the date December 23, 1972. In December 1972, 75 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Laos while the air war over Laos was under way. From 1964 to 1973, U.S. aircraft bombed the Ho Chi Minh Trail and supported the war in northern Laos; many of the Americans lost over Laos were never recovered.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 1W, Line 104
- STANLEY NEAL KROBOTHCaptain · December 21, 1972
- JAMES LEROY GRUNDY JRSergeant First Class · December 23, 1972
- HAROLD LOUIS MISCHLERCaptain · December 23, 1972
- GEORGE FREDERICK SASSERMajor · December 23, 1972
- PHILIP SPRATT CLARK JRLieutenant Commander · December 24, 1972
From Syosset
- GREGG EUGENE LAVERYPrivate First Class · March 18, 1968
- MITCHELL HARVEY SANDMANCorporal · June 3, 1969
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.