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NELSON PAGE HENRY
First Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 13, 1930 – October 28, 1967
Service recordNelson Page Henry, of Crossville, Tennessee, served as a First Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 28, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 37. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 91 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 91
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Sergeant (1SG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Senior Sergeant (11G)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- June 13, 1930
- Home of record
- Crossville, Tennessee (Cumberland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 28, 1967
- Age
- 37
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date October 28, 1967; four of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 81 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28E, Line 91
- ELMER EDWARD ELLSWORTHPrivate First Class · October 28, 1967
- TEDDY LEE HISAW JRCorporal · October 28, 1967
- DANIEL EUGENE HOPPERLance Corporal · October 28, 1967
- ANTONIO MICHAEL MAVROUDISMajor · October 28, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ANTONIO MICHAEL MAVROUDISMajor · Panel 28E, Line 91
- JESSIE FLOYD GREENE JRCorporal · Panel 28E, Line 92
- ROBERT JAMEISON REGINALDCorporal · Panel 28E, Line 93
From Crossville
- MOSES CLARK TABORStaff Sergeant · November 22, 1965
- DAVID WILLIAM HOLMESSergeant · July 19, 1966
- JACK LENN SUTTONLance Corporal · April 24, 1967
- LYNN CAROL HAYESSpecialist Four · May 17, 1967
- BERYL STANLEY BLAYLOCKStaff Sergeant · April 26, 1968
- FREDRICK ANDREW HASSLERStaff Sergeant · December 30, 1969
- JERRY BAXTER EDMONDS JRPetty Officer Second Class · December 31, 1970
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.