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A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967.
A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967. Photo: SP5 Robert C. Lafoon, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Henry James Stuckey.

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HENRY JAMES STUCKEY

Private First Class · U.S. Army

December 6, 1946 – January 10, 1967

Service record

Henry James Stuckey, of New York, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 10, 1967, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 14E · Line 7

Position of Panel 14E on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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)
101 AIRBORNE DIV
Born
December 6, 1946
Home of record
New York, New York (Kings County)

Casualty

Date of death
January 10, 1967
Age
20
Province
Kontum
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Small Arms Fire

Context · from the records

What was happening

21 names on the Wall carry the date January 10, 1967; two of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.

Also on Panel 14E, Line 7

Same unit, same day

From New York

All 1370 names from New York →

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.