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HENRY RAY EXPOSE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 23, 1950 – August 26, 1970
Service recordHenry Ray Expose, of Columbia, Mississippi, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 26, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 10
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)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- October 23, 1950
- Home of record
- Columbia, Mississippi (Marion County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 26, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date August 26, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 29 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 10
- STEPHEN DOUGLAS CARRCaptain · August 26, 1970
- FLORENTINO FLORESPrivate First Class · August 26, 1970
- ISIAH CALVIN GARNETTSpecialist Four · August 26, 1970
- JAMES MICHAEL GINNCorporal · August 26, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JOHN DONOVAN HERINGTONPrivate First Class · Panel 7W, Line 11
From Columbia
- MELVIN MCCRAYPrivate First Class · June 24, 1966
- GEORGE HENRY HADDOXSpecialist Four · January 13, 1967
- JACK JOSEPH JORDAN JRPrivate First Class · March 2, 1968
- JOHNNY LEE WILKSCorporal · September 13, 1968
- RONALD CHAPMANFireman · January 31, 1969
- FRANK SPIERSCaptain · March 22, 1969
- THOMAS MICHAEL HUXSpecialist Five · September 8, 1969
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.