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HOWARD BOYD HENRY
Major · U.S. Marine Corps
February 18, 1933 – November 12, 1969
Service recordHoward Boyd Henry, of Baltimore, Maryland, served as a Major in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 12, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 36. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 64 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 64
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Pilot Hmh/M/L/A Ah-1 Qualified (I) (7565)
- Born
- February 18, 1933
- Home of record
- Baltimore, Maryland (Baltimore (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 12, 1969
- Age
- 36
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date November 12, 1969; ten of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 64
- ROBERT BRYANT HAMBLETTLance Corporal · November 12, 1969
- FREDDIE NEIL HAYNESSpecialist Four · November 12, 1969
- GERALD ROBERT HELMICHColonel · November 12, 1969
- CARL HENDERSONPrivate First Class · November 12, 1969
From Baltimore
- EVERETTE LEROY DONALDSONPrivate First Class · June 29, 1964
- WILLIAM EDWARD FOWLERLance Corporal · July 9, 1965
- FRANK ROBERT SAXONLance Corporal · September 14, 1965
- JAMES MCKINLEY LONGPrivate First Class · October 5, 1965
- THOMAS JAMES SCHINDLERSergeant · October 5, 1965
- SAMUEL L HOLMANSergeant · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD DEANE OTTStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ODELL VAUGHANStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ANTHONY WATSONSecond Lieutenant · December 4, 1965
- PHILIP JAMES MCCARTHYSergeant · December 5, 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.