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HENRY JOHN CABALLERO
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 27, 1950 – July 3, 1969
Service recordHenry John Caballero, of New York, New York, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 3, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 50 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 50
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- December 27, 1950
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 3, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date July 3, 1969; he was the only one lost in Hua Nghia Province that day. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 52 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 50
- ROBERT ALBANESEMaster Sergeant · July 3, 1969
- MICHAEL R BLANCHFIELDSpecialist Four · July 3, 1969
- DANNIE ARTHUR CARRSpecialist Four · July 3, 1969
- CHARLES BERLIN DEDONStaff Sergeant · July 3, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ABBIE EUGENE LEAZERPrivate First Class · Panel 21W, Line 54
- GERARD MICHAEL REGGIOSpecialist Four · Panel 21W, Line 56
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.