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An AC-47D “Spooky” gunship fires on a target at night over South Vietnam.
An AC-47D “Spooky” gunship fires on a target at night over South Vietnam. Photo: U.S. Air Force, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of James Calvin Henneberry.

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JAMES CALVIN HENNEBERRY

Airman Second Class · U.S. Air Force

January 6, 1942 – June 30, 1965

Service record

James Calvin Henneberry, of Pittsfield, Massachusetts, served as an Airman Second Class in the U.S. Air Force. He died on June 30, 1965, in Phu Bon Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 2E · Line 25

Position of Panel 2E on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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. Air Force
Rank
Airman Second Class (A2C)
Service
Regular
Born
January 6, 1942
Home of record
Pittsfield, Massachusetts (Berkshire County)

Casualty

Date of death
June 30, 1965
Age
23
Province
Phu Bon
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Small Arms Fire

Context · from the records

What was happening

Seven names on the Wall carry the date June 30, 1965; two of them were lost in Phu Bon Province. In June 1965, 146 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

Also on Panel 2E, Line 25

From Pittsfield

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.