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HENRY ONEIL WILHOITE
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
May 10, 1947 – July 18, 1969
Service recordHenry Oneil Wilhoite, of Georgetown, Kentucky, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 18, 1969, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 16
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Fixed Wing Aviation Unit Commander (1980)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- May 10, 1947
- Home of record
- Georgetown, Kentucky (Scott County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 18, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date July 18, 1969; two of them were lost in Long Khanh Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 16
- ROBERT VICTOR MOOREPetty Officer Third Class · July 18, 1969
- WILLIAM C PROCTOR JRPrivate First Class · July 18, 1969
- ROBERT STEPHEN SHEGOGUECorporal · July 18, 1969
- HECTOR VALLELance Corporal · July 18, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DEAN BROOKS ALLENFirst Lieutenant · Panel 20W, Line 13
- RODNEY JOHN EVANSSergeant · Panel 20W, Line 14
- THOMAS JOSEPH MARTINOSpecialist Four · Panel 20W, Line 15
From Georgetown
- CHARLES FRANKLIN ALLEN IICaptain · October 4, 1965
- ROGER THOMAS BURROWSLance Corporal · June 10, 1968
- EVERETTE ROLAND BAILEYCorporal · October 24, 1968
- JOHN WILLIAM BRUINSpecialist Four · February 23, 1971
- LEO TARLTON THOMAS JRCaptain · December 19, 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.