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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 Lindy Edward Henry.

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LINDY EDWARD HENRY

Staff Sergeant · U.S. Air Force

June 24, 1929 – April 28, 1967

Service record

Lindy Edward Henry, of Gainesville, Florida, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on April 28, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 37. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 108 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 18E · Line 108

Position of Panel 18E 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
Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
Service
Regular
Born
June 24, 1929
Home of record
Gainesville, Florida (Alachua County)

Casualty

Date of death
April 28, 1967
Age
37
Province
Quang Tri
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Unknown

Context · from the records

What was happening

36 names on the Wall carry the date April 28, 1967; ten of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

Also on Panel 18E, Line 108

From Gainesville

All 31 names from Gainesville →

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.