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HENRY LEWIS NIX
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 8, 1948 – November 12, 1968
Service recordHenry Lewis Nix, of Westbury, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 12, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 39W, Line 56 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39W · Line 56
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- May 8, 1948
- Home of record
- Westbury, New York (Nassau County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 12, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date November 12, 1968; he was the only one lost in Tây Ninh Province that day. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 96 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 39W, Line 56
- RUSSELL KEVIN OGDENSpecialist Four · November 12, 1968
- RONALD LEE REEDPrivate First Class · November 12, 1968
- DOYLE EUGENE SALLEECorporal · November 12, 1968
- WILLIAM HAYS SCHAEFERCorporal · November 12, 1968
From Westbury
- WESTON DAVID MACLEANLance Corporal · July 22, 1966
- PATRICK JOSEPH FORANFirst Lieutenant · February 6, 1967
- KENNETH ROBERT TRIERSpecialist Four · January 25, 1968
- CLIFFORD RAYMOND BENNETTLance Corporal · January 30, 1968
- THOMAS PETER JACKSON JRPrivate First Class · May 21, 1969
- JAMES WILLIAM SALTERStaff Sergeant · January 11, 1970
- EDWARD MARC GARCIASergeant · September 1, 1971
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.