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RICHARD ARTHUR HENKE
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
April 29, 1950 – May 13, 1970
Service recordRichard Arthur Henke, of Clare, Illinois, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on May 13, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 33
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. Army
- Rank
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- April 29, 1950
- Home of record
- Clare, Illinois (De Kalb County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 13, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date May 13, 1970; 14 of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 25 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 33
- JOHN LEWIS HENDONSergeant · May 13, 1970
- ERIC JAMES HUBERTHCaptain · May 13, 1970
- DAVID ERVIN HUBNERFirst Lieutenant · May 13, 1970
- RICHARD DAVID HUMPHREYSpecialist Four · May 13, 1970
Same unit, same day
- RANDY MAYO DAVISStaff Sergeant · Panel 10W, Line 31
- SIDNEY WADE JARRELLSpecialist Four · Panel 10W, Line 34
- ERNEST LEE JOHNSSpecialist Four · Panel 10W, Line 34
- FREDRICK WAYNE SHEFFIELDWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 10W, Line 36
- DONALD RICHARD WHITEWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 10W, Line 37
From Clare
- RODNEY GEORGE DRAKESpecialist Four · January 12, 1967
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.