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WILLIAM RICHARD HENRY
Corporal · U.S. Army
January 1, 1946 – October 14, 1967
Service recordWilliam Richard Henry, of Sunnyvale, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on October 14, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 1
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- January 1, 1946
- Home of record
- Sunnyvale, California (Santa Clara County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 14, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
57 names on the Wall carry the date October 14, 1967; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 84 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28E, Line 1
- DONALD ANTON GEHLINGLance Corporal · October 14, 1967
- GARY CLIFFORD GRISWOLDPrivate First Class · October 14, 1967
- DAVID ALLEN HAMILTONPrivate First Class · October 14, 1967
- DONALD CHARLES HANSEN JRSpecialist Five · October 14, 1967
Same unit, same day
- WOODY JOE FROSTCorporal · Panel 27E, Line 109
- HENRY J FUGETTSpecialist Four · Panel 27E, Line 109
- KURT BYRON PEARSONCorporal · Panel 28E, Line 3
- ROBERT A VANBALLEGOOYENPrivate First Class · Panel 28E, Line 3
- JOHN DEWEY WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · Panel 28E, Line 6
From Sunnyvale
- JOHN PATRICK VAUGHNPrivate First Class · February 7, 1966
- ANDREA CUNEO JRPrivate First Class · April 28, 1966
- KURT CHARLES EDIEPetty Officer Third Class · May 3, 1967
- JOHN RICHARD FREILING JRSpecialist Four · August 8, 1967
- DENNIS LOUIS PRESCOTTSpecialist Four · January 9, 1968
- MICHAEL GEORGE BERRYLance Corporal · January 12, 1968
- RONALD RAY LOVELANDSergeant · February 7, 1968
- CARROLL BRUCE FULLERPrivate First Class · February 18, 1968
- KRAIG SEWELL HOGANSpecialist Four · March 7, 1968
- JOSEPH CRUZ BAZAPrivate First Class · March 20, 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.