Rank: Staff Sergeant
Unit: K Troop, 3rd Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment
MOS: 11D – Armor Reconnaissance Specialist
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: Regular
Date of birth: 18-Mar-1946
Hometown: Akron, Iowa
Marital status: Never Married
Campaign: Vietnam Conflict
Entered service: 27-Nov-1968
Start of tour: 14-Nov-1969
Incident date: 23-Jun-1970
Date of casualty: 23-Jun-1970
Age at death: 24
Cause of death: Hostile, died. Artillery/Mortar/Rocket. Artillery, rocket, or mortar.
Myllin Gerald Henrich was killed while at a night defensive position when the area came under mortar attack by a hostile force. / At night defensive position (NDP). Received hostile mortar attack.
Location of fatality: Cambodia, XU 438 142
Place of interment: Saint Patricks Cemetery, Akron, Iowa, USA
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