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JAMES EDWARD HENRY
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
March 24, 1946 – March 26, 1967
Service recordJames Edward Henry, of Taunton, Massachusetts, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 26, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 17E, Line 51 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17E · Line 51
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 BN 7 MAR 1 MARDIV
- Born
- March 24, 1946
- Home of record
- Taunton, Massachusetts (Bristol County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 26, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date March 26, 1967; 12 of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 17E, Line 51
- DAVID ESTRADALance Corporal · March 26, 1967
- RAYMOND BLAISE GUARINOSpecialist Five · March 26, 1967
- EDWARDO LEOPOLD GUTLOFFPrivate First Class · March 26, 1967
- GOMER DAVIS HOSKINS JRSergeant First Class · March 26, 1967
From Taunton
- WILLIAM CAMPBELL MURPHYSecond Lieutenant · October 5, 1965
- JOHN JAMES RAYMONDStaff Sergeant · February 15, 1967
- DAVID ANTHONY FRANCISPrivate First Class · August 21, 1967
- EDWARD JAMES ANDRADECorporal · September 2, 1967
- RAYMOND ROLAND LAPOINTELance Corporal · September 10, 1967
- DOUGLAS JAMES LEMAIREWarrant Officer 1 · January 10, 1968
- RONALD RODERICKCorporal · February 4, 1968
- WAYNE THOMAS SEVERINOCorporal · February 16, 1968
- JOHN JOSEPH DONAHUEPetty Officer Third Class · May 28, 1968
- EDWARD JAMES DULLPrivate First Class · August 21, 1968
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.