Henry Lee Mosburg (1935 - 1966)

Born 3 Dec 1935 in Putnam, Dewey, Oklahoma, United States of America

Ancestors

Died 26 Sep 1966 at age 30 in Vietnam

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Biography

Capt Henry Mosburg was Missing in Action during the Vietnam War.

Capt Henry Mosburg served in the United States Army in the Vietnam War
Service started: unknown
Unit(s): 114th Aviation Company
Service ended: 26 Sep 1966

Military Service

VIETNAM

U.S. Army

Date: 26 Sep 1966

Casualty Type: Hostile, Died While Missing

Casualty Note: Air Loss, Crash - Land

Component: Regular

Command: 1st Aviation Brigade

Regiment: Delta Prov Grp

Battalion: 13th Aviation Battalion

Company: 114th Aviation Company

Rank: Captain

Service Number: OF102571

Residence Place: Putnam, Oklahoma, United States

Panel: 11E

• Remains were never recovered. Captain Mosburg has memorials in 2 different cemeteries. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.

• Call sign "Lancer Lead" - 114th Aviation Company - UH-1B Iroquois (Huey) helicopter. The helicopter was shot down and crashed in about nine feet of water. Specialist Richard H. Pystor survived and was rescued and the body of Major Norman L. Dupre was recovered however extensive searches failed to locate the bodies of Captain Henry Lee Mosburg and SP4 Marvin F. Phillips. Mosburg and Phillips were both presumed dead. SP4 Phillips remains were recovered and positively identified in 2011.

Further Reading and Information

• Bio, Mosburg, Henry L, The POW Network, https://www.pownetwork.org/bios/m/m450.htm

• Mosburg, Henry Lee, CPT, Fallen, Together We Served, https://army.togetherweserved.com/army/servlet/tws.webapp.WebApp?cmd=ShadowBoxProfile&type=Person&ID=61679

• Henry Lee Mosburg, Casualty, Vietnam War, Okahoma, HonorStates.org, https://www.honorstates.org/index.php?id=310712

• Henry L. Mosburg, Highlands Ranch Veterans Monument, http://hrvets.org/henry-lee-mosburg/

• Henry Lee Mosburg, 114th Aviation Company Association, http://www.114thaviationcompany.com/KIA/Mosburg.htm

• Henry Lee Mosburg, The Virtual Wall Vietnam Veterans Memorial, https://www.virtualwall.org/dm/MosburgHL01a.htm

Sources

• Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 11 February 2021), memorial page for Capt Henry Lee Mosburg (3 Dec 1935–26 Sep 1966), Find A Grave: Memorial #64206742, citing Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery, San Diego, San Diego County, California, USA ; Maintained by Eddieb (contributor 46600350) .

• "BillionGraves Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QL8L-T7N3 : 2 August 2017), Henry Lee Mosburg, died 26 Sep 1966; citing BillionGraves (http://www.billiongraves.com : 2012), Burial at Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery, San Diego, San Diego, California, United States.

• "United States Military Personnel who Died During the Vietnam War, 1956-2003," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KXXB-MP6 : 12 December 2014), Henry Lee Mosburg, 26 Sep 1966; citing , Province and Military Region Unknown, South Vietnam, panel 11E, line 020, NARA NAID 571687, National Archives at College Park, Maryland.

• "United States Casualties of the Vietnam War, 1956-1998," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KXZW-175 : 12 December 2014), Henry Lee Mosburg, NARA NAID 306742, National Archives at College Park, Maryland.

• "United States Casualties of Army Personnel, Dependents and Civilian Employees, 1961-1981," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KXCC-2LW : 12 December 2014), Henry L Mosburg, 26 Sep 1966; citing Death, , NARA NAID 641697, National Archives at College Park, Maryland.

• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VBJB-MS4 : 14 March 2018), Henry Lee Mosburg in household of Guy E Mosburg, Custer, Custer City Town, Custer, Oklahoma, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 20-19, sheet 7A, line 24, family 166, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 3290.