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WILLIAM JAMES HENRY
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
December 21, 1943 – September 16, 1965
Service recordWilliam James Henry, of Long Island City, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 16, 1965, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 84 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 84
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- December 21, 1943
- Home of record
- Long Island City, New York (Queens County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 16, 1965
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date September 16, 1965; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In September 1965, 150 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 84
- HAROLD VERNON DAYRINGER JRLance Corporal · August 24, 1965
- DAVID DUANE CASEPrivate First Class · September 16, 1965
- KENNETH RAY IRELANPetty Officer Second Class · September 16, 1965
- SAM IVEYPrivate First Class · September 16, 1965
- DONALD HOWARD MEEKSpecialist Five · September 16, 1965
From Long Island City
- JOSEPH STEPHEN HENRIQUEZLieutenant Commander · August 10, 1966
- PETER JOSEPH FREDERICKColonel · March 15, 1967
- JAMES JOSEPH SUSSMEIERPrivate · July 8, 1967
- WALTER EDMUND GIBLIN JRPrivate First Class · July 19, 1967
- JOSEPH HEALYSpecialist Four · December 3, 1967
- ABRAHAM JACKSONStaff Sergeant · January 31, 1968
- CHARLES JAMES BAUER JRPrivate First Class · February 2, 1968
- EDWARD EUGENE HOLTCorporal · March 21, 1968
- CHARLES E DANIELSPrivate First Class · March 22, 1968
- FELIX VAZQUEZ JRSpecialist Four · April 21, 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.