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ROY LEE HENLEY
Corporal · U.S. Army
June 27, 1947 – September 22, 1968
Service recordRoy Lee Henley, of Columbus, Mississippi, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on September 22, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 43W, Line 62 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43W · Line 62
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Fire Support Specialist (13F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- C BTRY 1 BN 44 ARTY I FF
- Born
- June 27, 1947
- Home of record
- Columbus, Mississippi (Lowndes County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 22, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date September 22, 1968; four of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “C BTRY 1 BN 44 ARTY I FF”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 43W, Line 62
- STEVEN CARL GASSENFirst Lieutenant · September 22, 1968
- FRANK CAVOSOS GONZALESSergeant · September 22, 1968
- HERSHEL LEE WALTO GOSSETTSpecialist Four · September 22, 1968
- ADOLPH BRINKMAN HAMM JRPrivate First Class · September 22, 1968
Same unit, same day
- STEVEN GLEN SHIRKSpecialist Four · Panel 43W, Line 66
From Columbus
- BENJAMIN F LIDDELL IIIPrivate First Class · June 21, 1966
- JERRY DALE HUMPHREYPrivate First Class · January 18, 1967
- KENNETH RAY CLOPTONSergeant · July 2, 1967
- LARRY HUSTON WALDENPrivate First Class · March 2, 1968
- JAMES EARL WILLIAMSCorporal · March 3, 1968
- FREEMAN BOLENSpecialist Four · March 31, 1968
- GEORGE WASHINGTON MOORESergeant · April 11, 1968
- ROBERT SAMUEL CLARK JRStaff Sergeant · April 12, 1968
- ROCKFORD GREY EVERETTPrivate First Class · April 12, 1968
- WILLIE WHITFIELD JRPrivate First Class · August 12, 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.