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HENRY JOSEPH VAD
Chief Warrant Officer 2 · U.S. Army
May 1, 1941 – November 6, 1969
Service recordHenry Joseph Vad, of New York, New York, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 2 in the U.S. Army. He died on November 6, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 41 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 41
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
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- May 1, 1941
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 6, 1969
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date November 6, 1969; four of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 41
- MICHAEL ANTHONY CAPUTO SRMaster Sergeant · November 6, 1969
- RAYMOND A SHOEMAKER IISergeant · November 6, 1969
- LAVERN WILLIAM TEGTMEIERStaff Sergeant · November 6, 1969
- DAVID RICHARD COOKCorporal · November 7, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JAMES LESLIE DOWNINGSpecialist Five · Panel 16W, Line 38
- CHARLES BENNETT ROLLER JRSergeant · Panel 16W, Line 40
- RAYMOND A SHOEMAKER IISergeant · Panel 16W, Line 41
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.