Rank: Private First Class
Unit: E Troop, 2nd Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment
MOS: 11B – Infantryman
Awards: Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
Badges: Combat Infantryman Badge
Unit awards: Valorous Unit Award, Vietnamese Gallantry Cross with Palm device
Enlisted by: Selected Service
Date of birth: 12-Jan-1946
Hometown: Palmer, Iowa
Marital status: Married to Janice L. Claussen
Campaign: Vietnam Conflict
Entered service: 25-Jul-1967
Start of tour: 7-Jan-1968
Incident date: 29-May-1968
Date of casualty: 29-May-1968
Age at death: 22
Cause of death: Hostile, Died. Grenade. Multiple fragmentation wounds.
Henry Robert Claussen died from wounds received while on combat operation when engaged hostile force in firefight.(Individual transported to 7th Surgical Hospital, Blackhorse base camp, Long Giao, where he expired.)
Location of fatality: Long Khanh, South Vietnam, YT 505 260*
Place of interment: Saint Johns Lutheran Cemetery, Palmer, Iowa, USA
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