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HENRY LEE LIMBACH
Corporal · U.S. Army
September 8, 1948 – November 16, 1969
Service recordHenry Lee Limbach, of North Bend, Nebraska, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on November 16, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 85 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 85
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- September 8, 1948
- Home of record
- North Bend, Nebraska (Dodge County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 16, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date November 16, 1969; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 9 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 85
- LARRY BRUCE PERRYPrivate First Class · November 16, 1969
- JOHN PELL RACKHAUSLance Corporal · November 16, 1969
- KENNETH DEAN RANKINPetty Officer Third Class · November 16, 1969
- DARYL JAMES RUPKEPrivate First Class · November 16, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RONALD WAYNE IRELANDCorporal · Panel 16W, Line 84
From North Bend
- DARREL LEROY HOVENDENCorporal · June 3, 1967
- IRA EDWARD SCOTTStaff Sergeant · June 9, 1967
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.