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TERRY LYNN HENRY
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
November 13, 1948 – May 9, 1970
Service recordTerry Lynn Henry, of Clarion, Pennsylvania, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on May 9, 1970, in Vinh Binh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 6
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)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- November 13, 1948
- Home of record
- Clarion, Pennsylvania (Clarion County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 9, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Vinh Binh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date May 9, 1970; three of them were lost in Vinh Binh Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 62 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 6
- WILEY DEAN HOOKSSpecialist Four · May 9, 1970
- COLIN PLUMMER HURDFirst Lieutenant · May 9, 1970
- DOUGLAS JOHN ITRISpecialist Five · May 9, 1970
- MICHAEL GREGORY JENSONStaff Sergeant · May 9, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DAVID JOSEPH CORPUSPrivate First Class · Panel 10W, Line 4
- STEPHEN HAROLD HAIGHTSpecialist Four · Panel 10W, Line 5
- JOHN DAVID MCCLUSKEYWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 10W, Line 8
- KRIS MITCHELL PERDOMOSpecialist Four · Panel 10W, Line 8
From Clarion
- ROBERT JACOB BLACKCorporal · October 15, 1966
- RICHARD CARL ALEXANDERSpecialist Four · September 11, 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.