THE WALL OF FACES

Henry is buried at Rose Hills Cemetery in Whittier, CA. PH

A portion of Sepulveda Boulevard/State Highway Route 1 in El Segundo near Los Angeles International Airport has been dedicated to the residents of Los Angeles County who served in Vietnam. This section of highway is now designated the Los Angeles County Vietnam Veterans Memorial Highway. Adopted by the California State Legislature in 2000, the highway honors the more than 350,000 California veterans who served in the Vietnam War, including the 5,822 killed or missing in action. Los Angeles County has the largest number of Vietnam veterans in California and 1,857 of its residents were killed or missing in action during that war. This memorial corridor provides a fitting and proper way for the residents of Los Angeles County to express their gratitude and appreciation for the sacrifices these Vietnam veterans have made for their country.

A good soldier, killed in a streambed in the mountains of the Que Son Valley with Fred Pine. He was missed by his fellow soldiers.

I would be interested in hearing from anyone who knew him.
Que Son Project
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http://www.militaryunits.com/12CAV_project.htm

If I should die, and leave you here awhile, be not like others, sore undone, who keep long vigils by the silent dust, and weep...for MY sake, turn again to life, and smile...Nerving thy heart, and trembling hand to do something to comfort other hearts than thine...Complete these dear, unfinished tasks of mine...and I, perchance, may therein comfort you.

Henry Valenzuela, who along with Frederick Pine, was killed in a stream bed on 2 January 1968 in an ambush with NVA forces.
Due to heavy enemy contact in the Que Son valley; their bodies were not recovered until 21 January 1968 by members of B/2/12.

NVA forces involved in this contact subsequently attack LZ's Ross and Leslie on 3 January 1968 at approximately 0140 hrs.

Roger L. Kehrier
B/2/12
Company Commander