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A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967.
A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967. Photo: SP5 Robert C. Lafoon, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Henry Lester Aderholt.

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HENRY LESTER ADERHOLT

Sergeant · U.S. Army

May 20, 1947 – February 14, 1970

Service record

Henry Lester Aderholt, of Birmingham, Alabama, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 14, 1970, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 83 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 12W · Line 83

Position of Panel 12W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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Service

Branch
U.S. Army
Rank
Sergeant (SGT)
Born
May 20, 1947
Home of record
Birmingham, Alabama

Casualty

Date of death
February 14, 1970
Age
22
Added to the Wall
2011

Context · from the records

What was happening

34 names on the Wall carry the date February 14, 1970. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

Also on Panel 12W, Line 83

From Birmingham

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Source. This name was added to the Wall in 2011, after the 2008 Department of Defense casualty file used for most of this site was compiled. Panel, line and the details above are as listed for this name on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund’s Wall of Faces. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.