HENRY HOWARD BOYD

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Name: MAJ Howard Boyd Henry
Status: Killed In Action from an incident on 11/12/1969 while performing the duty of Pilot.
Age at death: 36.7
Date of Birth: 02/18/1933
Home City: Baltimore, MD
Service: regular component of the U.S. Marine Corps.
Unit: VMO-2
Service: U.S. Marine Corps.
The Wall location: 16W-064
Short Summary: Cobra made forced landing. Killed by rotor blade after existing aircraft. With Lofton.
Aircraft: AH-1G tail number 68-15080
Country: South Vietnam
MOS: 7565 = Pilot AH-1 Qualified
Primary cause: Hostile Fire
Started Tour: 08/28/1969
"Official" listing: helicopter air casualty - pilot
Length of service: 16
Location: Quang Nam Province I Corps.
Reason: aircraft lost or crashed
Casualty type: Hostile - killed
married male U.S. citizen
Race: Caucasian
Religion: Protestant - no denominational preference
Burial information: FT ROSECRANS NATIONAL CEMETERY, SAN DIEGO CA
This record was last updated on 10/21/1998


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