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HENRY JOHN ROY JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 22, 1946 – July 26, 1969
Service recordHenry John Roy JR, of Houston, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 26, 1969, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 49
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
- Carpentry And Masonry Specialist (51B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- B CO 815 ENG BN 35 ENG GRP 18 ENG BDE
- Born
- April 22, 1946
- Home of record
- Houston, Texas (Harris County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 26, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date July 26, 1969; four of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 49
- EVERARDO GALINDO JRSergeant · July 26, 1969
- STEWART B GOLDBERGChief Warrant Officer 2 · July 26, 1969
- GLENN ANTHONY HAMILTONLance Corporal · July 26, 1969
- CLYDE LEE HOLLIDAYPrivate First Class · July 26, 1969
From Houston
- JOSEPH MICHAEL FAHEY JRCaptain · February 11, 1962
- JOHN F SHAUGHNESSY JRCaptain · February 3, 1963
- RICHARD DALE HILLAirman Second Class · December 6, 1963
- HUGHIE DARELL ADAMSMajor · January 7, 1964
- ALBERT LAWRENCE SHIMEKPrivate First Class · April 10, 1964
- BYRON CLARK STONECaptain · August 20, 1964
- JAMES EDWARD HAVEMANNWarrant Officer 1 · October 7, 1964
- ROBERT GRAHAM BELLMajor · May 16, 1965
- LEROY ANTHONY BOURGEOISPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- ROBERT FILMORE BATSONSergeant · August 18, 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.