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HENRY JOSEPH OKUSKY JR
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Army
January 10, 1948 – July 1, 1968
Service recordHenry Joseph Okusky JR, of Craddockville, Virginia, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 1, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 54W, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 54W · Line 31
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
- Second Lieutenant (2LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- January 10, 1948
- Home of record
- Craddockville, Virginia (Accomack County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 1, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
44 names on the Wall carry the date July 1, 1968; four of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 85 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 54W, Line 31
- ROGER LEROY LANEPlatoon Sergeant · July 1, 1968
- JOHN AULT LECOMPTELance Corporal · July 1, 1968
- ALBERT FRANCIS LUPOLI JRSergeant · July 1, 1968
- HOLLIS RONNEY NORRIDSergeant · July 1, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM T ANDERSEN JRSergeant First Class · Panel 54W, Line 25
- PETER JASON ANGLECorporal · Panel 54W, Line 26
- JOHN MICHAEL BUTTSPrivate First Class · Panel 54W, Line 27
- ROBERT JAMES ROSSSergeant · Panel 54W, Line 32
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.