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HENRY LEE WHALEY
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
July 29, 1942 – March 30, 1966
Service recordHenry Lee Whaley, of New Haven, Connecticut, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 30, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 69 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 69
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- M60a1 Tank Crewman (1811)
- Born
- July 29, 1942
- Home of record
- New Haven, Connecticut (New Haven County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 30, 1966
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date March 30, 1966; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 69
- GIOVANNINO TUMMINIASpecialist Five · March 30, 1966
- CHARLES M WOODSPrivate First Class · March 30, 1966
- HOWARD OLIVER WRIGHT JRSpecialist Four · March 30, 1966
- LLOYD ROBERT TARVERSpecialist Five · March 31, 1966
From New Haven
- EVERETT LEE ANDERSONSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- RICHARD JAMES REGANSecond Lieutenant · August 11, 1965
- ROBERT ARNOLD TILLQUISTSpecialist Four · November 4, 1965
- WILLIAM MICHAEL MEGLIO JRPrivate First Class · December 6, 1965
- ANTHONY GIANELLIPrivate First Class · January 18, 1966
- ALEXANDER J MCGLOTHLINLance Corporal · April 13, 1966
- JOSEPH ANTHONY PECORA JRPrivate First Class · May 3, 1966
- JOHN HAROLD RABERCorporal · July 1, 1966
- SAMUEL WALTER BREWERStaff Sergeant · August 28, 1966
- JAMES AURTHUR DANIELSPrivate First Class · October 3, 1966
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.