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ROBERT GREGORY HENRY
Private · U.S. Army
January 7, 1947 – June 25, 1968
Service recordRobert Gregory Henry, of San Diego, California, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on June 25, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 55W, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 55W · Line 35
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
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- January 7, 1947
- Home of record
- San Diego, California (San Diego County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 25, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date June 25, 1968; four of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 55W, Line 35
- JEROME GARCIAPrivate First Class · June 25, 1968
- RALPH MILTON HAVNAERWarrant Officer 1 · June 25, 1968
- FRANKLIN JOE HINERCaptain · June 25, 1968
- CHARLES JAMES HUZICKOSergeant · June 25, 1968
Same unit, same day
- EDWARD MARZENELL JRSergeant · Panel 55W, Line 36
- ANTHONY JOSEPH MELLOCorporal · Panel 55W, Line 36
- LEE ROY DAVID SPROUSECorporal · Panel 55W, Line 39
From San Diego
- STANLEY E TRUESDALEStaff Sergeant · April 12, 1963
- CLARENCE CLEMENT TESSMANCaptain · August 10, 1963
- WILLIAM CLIFTON HOOVERPetty Officer Second Class · June 10, 1965
- VIRGIL WAYNE BARTONLance Corporal · August 21, 1965
- CHARLES JOSEPH SCHARFColonel · October 1, 1965
- KENNETH JOE HAMMONDSpecialist Four · November 22, 1965
- RICHARD EUGENE GEORGEPrivate First Class · November 23, 1965
- GERALD CLYDE LYMANPrivate First Class · February 2, 1966
- JOHN JOSEPH SOLLEYLance Corporal · February 8, 1966
- DONALD D DAUGHERTYStaff Sergeant · April 13, 1966
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.