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HENRY STERLING MCWHORTER
Lieutenant · U.S. Navy
November 19, 1934 – August 29, 1965
Service recordHenry Sterling McWhorter, of Savannah, Georgia, served as a Lieutenant in the U.S. Navy. He died on August 29, 1965, in North Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 68 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 68
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Navy
- Rank
- Lieutenant (LT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Url Pilot (1310)
- Born
- November 19, 1934
- Home of record
- Savannah, Georgia (Chatham County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 29, 1965
- Age
- 30
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Three names on the Wall carry the date August 29, 1965. In August 1965, 179 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in North Vietnam while Operation Rolling Thunder was under way. Operation Rolling Thunder (March 1965–November 1968) was the sustained U.S. bombing campaign against North Vietnam, flown by Air Force fighter-bombers from Thailand and Navy aircraft from carriers in the Gulf of Tonkin against some of the densest air defenses in the world.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 2E, Line 68
- GEORGE GREGORY KILBUCKPrivate First Class · August 27, 1965
- LEVERNE WILLIAM MCKINLEYStaff Sergeant · August 27, 1965
- CHARLES EDWARD NICHOLSWarrant Officer 1 · August 27, 1965
- EDD DAVID TAYLORLieutenant · August 29, 1965
From Savannah
- WILLIAM FREW TRAIN IIIFirst Lieutenant · June 16, 1962
- JERRY JIVENSStaff Sergeant · November 15, 1965
- JAMES MAYNARD SPENCESpecialist Four · February 27, 1966
- BARNETTE GARTRELL JENKINSPrivate First Class · March 2, 1966
- HARLOW GARY CLARK JRLieutenant Colonel · March 7, 1966
- JOHN EDWARD CAIL JRSpecialist Four · May 9, 1966
- WILLMATT BROWNPrivate First Class · May 17, 1966
- WILLIAM JONES JRSergeant · June 18, 1966
- ERNEST MAXWELL SHUMAN JRSpecialist Five · August 1, 1966
- DANIEL CLEVELAND JONESLance Corporal · September 28, 1966
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.