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HENRY JAMES WILLIAM TEWS
Chief Warrant Officer 2 · U.S. Army
April 11, 1946 – December 29, 1968
Service recordHenry James William Tews, of Shoshone, Idaho, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 2 in the U.S. Army. He died on December 29, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 7
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
- Chief Warrant Officer 2 (CW2)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- April 11, 1946
- Home of record
- Shoshone, Idaho (Lincoln County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 29, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date December 29, 1968; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35W, Line 7
- WILLIAM SYLVESTER DEBOERFirst Lieutenant · December 29, 1968
- FARL DUANE WAGNERSergeant · December 29, 1968
- GEORGE LEROY BAILEYSpecialist Five · December 30, 1968
- WALTER CURTIS BLACK JRCorporal · December 30, 1968
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.