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HENRY ROBERT CLAUSSEN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 12, 1946 – May 29, 1968
Service recordHenry Robert Claussen, of Palmer, Iowa, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 29, 1968, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 63W, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 63W · Line 4
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- January 12, 1946
- Home of record
- Palmer, Iowa (Pocahontas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 29, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
59 names on the Wall carry the date May 29, 1968; he was the only one lost in Long Khanh Province that day. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 38 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 63W, Line 4
- ROBERT MAURICE BROWNSergeant · May 29, 1968
- PHILIP SHERWOOD BRYANTPetty Officer Third Class · May 29, 1968
- FERNANDO CAMARILLO JRLance Corporal · May 29, 1968
- ANDREW JAMES CHICANTEKLance Corporal · May 29, 1968
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.