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HENRY LOUIS DEW
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 16, 1944 – April 19, 1966
Service recordHenry Louis Dew, of Jackman Station, Maine, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 19, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 122 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 122
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- September 16, 1944
- Home of record
- Jackman Station, Maine (Somerset County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 19, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date April 19, 1966. In April 1966, 406 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 106 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 122
- DAVID JOSEPH UNDERHILLSeaman Apprentice · April 15, 1966
- WILLIAM TERRY MAINPrivate First Class · April 18, 1966
- LEE AARON ADAMSFirst Lieutenant · April 19, 1966
- JOSEPH ORVILLE BROWNCaptain · April 19, 1966
- DANA STANLEY FROSTCorporal · April 19, 1966
Same unit, same day
- THELBERT K THOMPSON JRPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 123
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.