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HENRY THOMAS CURTIS II
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 5, 1949 – April 23, 1968
Service recordHenry Thomas Curtis II, of Culpeper, Virginia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 23, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 51E, Line 41 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51E · Line 41
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- November 5, 1949
- Home of record
- Culpeper, Virginia (Culpeper County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 23, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date April 23, 1968; 18 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 41
- ANDRES LU NARVAEZ-MARREROSpecialist Four · April 23, 1968
- RONALD OGLESBYSergeant · April 23, 1968
- LYNN ALLEN PIERSONSpecialist Four · April 23, 1968
- ASHTON HAYWARD PRINDLEPrivate · April 23, 1968
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS SAMUEL ALFREDPrivate · Panel 51E, Line 35
- STANLEY ALLEN BULLISSergeant · Panel 51E, Line 36
- JAMES BRANNAH CROCKETTChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 51E, Line 37
- DON FAUROT DIANMaster Sergeant · Panel 51E, Line 38
- GARY LODUHASpecialist Four · Panel 51E, Line 40
- ASHTON HAYWARD PRINDLEPrivate · Panel 51E, Line 41
- JOSEPH SANTORISergeant · Panel 51E, Line 42
- JACKIE DALE WALKERPrivate First Class · Panel 51E, Line 43
From Culpeper
- MICHAEL EDWARD STEWARTLance Corporal · May 13, 1967
- JOHN ROBIN VRABELPrivate First Class · May 14, 1967
- PAUL SILVEY COLVINFirst Lieutenant · August 1, 1967
- EDWARD ODELL SPENCERPrivate First Class · January 19, 1968
- THOMAS LEE STANLEYSpecialist Four · November 21, 1968
- CALVIN M MINORPrivate First Class · June 15, 1969
- WILLIAM EDWARD FINCHAMSpecialist Four · October 10, 1969
- DANIEL LEWIS WOODPrivate First Class · January 14, 1970
- FLOYD BURNETT COATESSpecialist Four · March 25, 1970
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.