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JOHN PATRICK HENRY
Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 14, 1949 – March 10, 1970
Service recordJohn Patrick Henry, of Paramus, New Jersey, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 10, 1970, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 104 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 104
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- March 14, 1949
- Home of record
- Paramus, New Jersey (Bergen County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 10, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date March 10, 1970; four of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 104
- BILLY JOEL GREAVUSergeant · March 10, 1970
- CHARLES DARNELL HICKS JRPrivate First Class · March 10, 1970
- DONALD WOODS HOLMANFirst Lieutenant · March 10, 1970
- LEONARD KELLERSpecialist Four · March 10, 1970
Same unit, same day
- PHILLIP ALLEN ELLIOTTSpecialist Four · Panel 13W, Line 103
- DONALD WOODS HOLMANFirst Lieutenant · Panel 13W, Line 104
- STUART BASSETT LAMKINFirst Lieutenant · Panel 13W, Line 105
- DON ROBERT RILEYSpecialist Four · Panel 13W, Line 107
- GEORGE THOMAS SCARBOROUGHPrivate First Class · Panel 13W, Line 107
- ROBERT MICHAEL SMITHSergeant · Panel 13W, Line 108
- KENNETH EDWIN WEDLOWPrivate First Class · Panel 13W, Line 108
From Paramus
- PETER RUZILA JRPrivate First Class · November 1, 1965
- PETER EDMUND MILLARCorporal · May 21, 1967
- FRANK RONALD KERBLCaptain · October 7, 1967
- PETER TERENCE RASMUSSENSpecialist Four · April 15, 1969
- KARL WILLIAM MILLSCaptain · June 11, 1969
- DAVID ALBERTLance Corporal · September 5, 1969
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.