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HENRY WILLIAM GORMAN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 19, 1945 – January 15, 1968
Service recordHenry William Gorman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 15, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 34E, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34E · Line 52
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- March 19, 1945
- Home of record
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 15, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date January 15, 1968; seven of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 78 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34E, Line 52
- KENNETH BERNARD DEANPrivate First Class · January 15, 1968
- JOHN JOSEPH DENAVAPrivate First Class · January 15, 1968
- JOSEPH WALTER DUDEKPrivate First Class · January 15, 1968
- TERRY ADAM GRAYLance Corporal · January 15, 1968
Same unit, same day
- BOBBY KENNETH ALLENSpecialist Five · Panel 34E, Line 51
- JOSEPH WALTER DUDEKPrivate First Class · Panel 34E, Line 52
- GARY HOWARD GRUBBSpecialist Four · Panel 34E, Line 53
- BERT HOWARD HINSONMaster Sergeant · Panel 34E, Line 53
- MICHAEL JOHN RYANSpecialist Five · Panel 34E, Line 55
From Philadelphia
- MEIR ENGELLieutenant Colonel · December 16, 1964
- MATTHEW N HARRIS JRMaster Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- ALLEN CONRAD HERTZFirst Lieutenant · June 6, 1965
- MILO BENETT STIBBINSSpecialist Five · June 11, 1965
- JOSEPH PATRICK GRUGANCorporal · June 26, 1965
- ROWLAND JOSEPH ADAMOLICorporal · August 18, 1965
- FRANK AMOS HENISSPrivate First Class · September 7, 1965
- EARL CHARLES WILLOUGHBYChief Master Sergeant · September 7, 1965
- WILLIAM A MITCHELL IIPetty Officer Third Class · September 12, 1965
- WILLIAM GREGORY MAURONEPrivate First Class · September 30, 1965
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.