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HENRY PASILLAS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 21, 1947 – April 22, 1968
Service recordHenry Pasillas, of Riverside, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 22, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 51E, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51E · Line 32
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- April 21, 1947
- Home of record
- Riverside, California (Riverside County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 22, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date April 22, 1968; seven of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 189 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 51E, Line 32
- THOMAS FRANCIS NORTONPrivate First Class · April 22, 1968
- EDWIN DAVID PALMGRENColonel · April 22, 1968
- JOHN WILLIAM PARCELLance Corporal · April 22, 1968
- MICHAEL GLEN PRICEPrivate First Class · April 22, 1968
Same unit, same day
- HENRY ALBERT HEAL JRPrivate First Class · Panel 51E, Line 30
- LESTER LEWIS MOOREPrivate First Class · Panel 51E, Line 31
- NORMAN LEE HINKLESpecialist Four · Panel 51E, Line 33
- WALTER RIDGEWAY WINDER JRSpecialist Four · Panel 51E, Line 34
From Riverside
- THEODORE BERT PHILLIPSStaff Sergeant · October 24, 1964
- WILLIAM RONALD GRAYSONCommander · April 1, 1966
- FRANK BRENNAN PARISHLance Corporal · June 18, 1966
- BRAD WILLIAM MORANDPrivate First Class · July 12, 1966
- ROBBIN ADAIR GOODWINPrivate First Class · August 3, 1966
- PATRICK LEE WOODLance Corporal · January 11, 1967
- VINCENT JOSEPH BENEGASLance Corporal · April 21, 1967
- RICHARD ELZIE VEACHSpecialist Four · May 28, 1967
- DENNIS EUGENE MONFILSPrivate First Class · June 3, 1967
- HECTOR FUENTESHospitalman · July 2, 1967
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.