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RICHARD RAY HENLING
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
January 14, 1948 – October 28, 1966
Service recordRichard Ray Henling, of Holbrook, Arizona, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 28, 1966, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 122 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 122
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- B CO 3 RECON BN 3 MARDIV
- Born
- January 14, 1948
- Home of record
- Holbrook, Arizona (Navajo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 28, 1966
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date October 28, 1966; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 122
- DANIEL THOMAS FLOWERSLance Corporal · October 28, 1966
- OSCAR GARCIAStaff Sergeant · October 28, 1966
- PAUL DANIEL GUIMONDPrivate First Class · October 28, 1966
- WILLIS ARNOLD KARICKHOFFAirman First Class · October 28, 1966
From Holbrook
- RICHARD ALLEN RHINEHospitalman · April 18, 1967
- FRANK ALFRED JENSENPrivate First Class · February 12, 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.