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HENRY VERNON CLOSSER
Petty Officer Second Class · U.S. Navy
November 14, 1925 – November 20, 1971
Service recordHenry Vernon Closser, of Van Buren, Arkansas, served as a Petty Officer Second Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on November 20, 1971, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 46. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 70 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 70
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Second Class (PO2)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Engineman (EN)
- Unit (as recorded)
- NSA SAIGON
- Born
- November 14, 1925
- Home of record
- Van Buren, Arkansas (Crawford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 20, 1971
- Age
- 46
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date November 20, 1971; he was the only one lost in Gia Dinh Province that day. In November 1971, 109 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 70
- ROBERT RICHARD CHESSERSergeant First Class · November 20, 1971
- DOUGLAS DUKE EASONPrivate First Class · November 20, 1971
- CARTER JEFFERSON JRStaff Sergeant · November 20, 1971
- JOE L LOVE JRSpecialist Five · November 20, 1971
From Van Buren
- JEWEL LEE RAINWATERPrivate First Class · April 2, 1968
- ARTHUR C WILLIAMS JRPetty Officer First Class · April 11, 1968
- WILLIAM HASKELL SMOCKPrivate First Class · August 30, 1968
- ALEXANDER JOHNSON JRCaptain · September 5, 1968
- JOHN CHARLES GUIREPrivate First Class · December 2, 1969
- JAMES DAVID HOUSLEYSpecialist Four · April 15, 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.