Scope and Contents

Slides, photographs, articles, correspondence, artifacts, maps, postcards, USARV Medical Bulletins, Vietnamese currency, booklets and pamphlets, 3rd Field Hospital Admission and Disposition Reports and Operating Procedures, excerpts from the 1972 3rd Field Hospital yearbook, and Darryl Henley's typed Vietnam diary document his service in Vietnam from 1965-1967 as a registrar with the Army 3rd Field Hospital in Saigon.

Biographical / Historical

Darryl E. Henley (b.1939-14 April 2020) was born in San Francisco and spent most of his youth in Piedmont, California, graduating from Piedmont High School in 1957. He received his bachelors degree from San Jose State and his masters from the University of California-Berkeley. He served 6 years in the U.S. Army, including 18 months as registrar with the 3rd Field Hospital in Saigon, 1965-1967. He was awarded the Bronze Star for service against hostile forces in Vietnam.

Following his honorable discharge he worked for over 30 years in hospital administration in Oakland, Los Banos, and Dos Palos. He loved music and was a life-long pianist.*

*Merced Sun-Star obituary on Lecacy.com.