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MYLLIN GERALD HENRICH
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 18, 1946 – June 23, 1970
Service recordMyllin Gerald Henrich, of Akron, Iowa, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 23, 1970, in Cambodia, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 83 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 83
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- March 18, 1946
- Home of record
- Akron, Iowa (Plymouth County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 23, 1970
- Age
- 24
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date June 23, 1970. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
He died in Cambodia while the Cambodian incursion was under way. From 29 April to 30 June 1970, U.S. and South Vietnamese forces crossed into Cambodia to attack North Vietnamese base areas and supply caches; the announcement set off campus protests, including at Kent State.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 83
- JOHN JOSEPH DONNELLY IIISeaman · June 23, 1970
- JOHN STEWART DURLINPetty Officer Third Class · June 23, 1970
- JAMES RAYMOND GOREPetty Officer Third Class · June 23, 1970
- DANIEL JOHN HALLOWSWarrant Officer 1 · June 23, 1970
From Akron
- VERNARD JAY SMALLChief Warrant Officer 2 · July 31, 1965
- JOHN ROBERT DOWLINGPrivate First Class · June 19, 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.