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ALAN EUGENE HENDRICKSON
Captain · U.S. Air Force
December 17, 1935 – August 3, 1967
Service recordAlan Eugene Hendrickson, of Arcata, California, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on August 3, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 73 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 73
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- December 17, 1935
- Home of record
- Arcata, California (Humboldt County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 3, 1967
- Age
- 31
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date August 3, 1967; five of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 24E, Line 73
- DANNY LEE BOLINPrivate First Class · August 3, 1967
- JOHN WILLIAM MACGLASHANTechnical Sergeant · August 3, 1967
- JAMES PATRICK MCGRATHHospitalman · August 3, 1967
- JOHN BENEDICT NAHAN IIILance Corporal · August 3, 1967
From Arcata
- MARVIN EDWARD MCLELLANDCorporal · June 6, 1968
- JAMES ROBERT RUSSELLPrivate First Class · January 30, 1969
- LARRY THOMAS ROSSSpecialist Four · February 20, 1969
- BYRON BILL BOWDENSpecialist Four · May 31, 1969
- KELLY STUART MORRISSergeant · July 26, 1969
- JAMES CLARK MCGLASSONPrivate First Class · August 26, 1969
- ROGER DALE LOWERYLance Corporal · September 14, 1969
- NELS VERN ROSENLUND IISpecialist Four · September 21, 1969
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.