Rank: Sergeant
Unit: Headquarters & Headquarters Troop, 3rd Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment
MOS: 91B – Medical Specialist
Awards: Silver Star, Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
Badges: Combat Medical Badge
Unit awards: Vietnamese Gallantry Cross with Palm device
Note: Medic attached to L Troop, 3/11 ACR
Enlisted by: Regular
Date of birth: 14-Mar-1949
Hometown: Paramus, New Jersey
Marital status: Married to Lonny C. Henry
Campaign: Vietnam Conflict
Entered service: 5-Oct-1967
Start of tour: 14-Jun-1969
Incident date: 10-Mar-1970
Date of casualty: 10-Mar-1970
Age at death: 20
Cause of death: Hostile, died. Small Arms Fire. Gun or small arms fire.
John Patrick Henry was killed while on a military mission when a hostile force was encountered. / On reconnaissance mission. Engaged hostile force in firefight.
Four Blackhorse troopers died in this incident:
SGT John Patrick Henry
SP4 Don Robert Riley
PFC George Thomas Scarborough
PFC Kenneth Edwin Wedlow
Location of fatality: Binh Long, South Vietnam, XU 625 075
Place of interment: George Washington Memorial Park, Paramus, New Jersey, USA
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SILVER STAR
POSTHUMOUS
SPECIALIST FOUR JOHN PATRICK HENRY
10 MARCH 1970
L TROOP, 3rd SQUADRON
11TH ARMORED CAVALRY REGIMENT
Specialist Four Henry distinguished himself by gallantry in action while engaged in military operations involving conflict with an armed hostile force on 10 March 1970, while serving as a Medic with Troop L, 3d Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment, in the Republic of Vietnam. On that date, while on a reconnaissance mission in dense jungle, his unit encountered an undetermined number of North Vietnamese soldiers firing rocket propelled grenades and small arms from a well-concealed position. Specialist Four Henry noticed members of a vehicle who had been wounded and dismounted his own tank. Despite the deadly hail of enemy fire, he proceeded to the aid of his injured comrades. While the hostile fire was directed on the friendly troop, Specialist Four Henry was mortally wounded. Specialist Four Henry’s actions were in keeping with the highest traditions of the military service and were in keeping with the highest traditions of the military service and reflect great credit upon himself, his unit and the United States Army.
Headquarters, II Field Force Vietnam, General Orders No. 1497 (April 10, 1970)