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ALVAH WORRELL HENSON JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 4, 1948 – November 17, 1968
Service recordAlvah Worrell Henson JR, of Laurel, Maryland, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 17, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 38W, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38W · Line 1
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- September 4, 1948
- Home of record
- Laurel, Maryland (Prince George's County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 17, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date November 17, 1968; five of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 38W, Line 1
- GEORGE K GALLOWAY JRSergeant · November 17, 1968
- ROBERT EARL GREENEPrivate First Class · November 17, 1968
- RICHARD THOMAS HAVELSergeant · November 17, 1968
- WILLIAM CLIFFORD WYMER JRPrivate First Class · November 17, 1968
Same unit, same day
- HAL RANDOLPH LONGSpecialist Four · Panel 38W, Line 2
- MARTIN ELBY MENDOZASergeant · Panel 38W, Line 3
- AARON TAWILSergeant · Panel 38W, Line 5
From Laurel
- JAMES BRUCE OKANELance Corporal · August 24, 1965
- STEVEN ROSS SHERMANPrivate First Class · July 26, 1966
- JOHN JOSEPH CHASELance Corporal · June 7, 1967
- FRANCIS GARFIELD GRAYSpecialist Four · April 20, 1968
- SAMUEL LOUIS WILLIAMS JRSpecialist Four · July 5, 1969
- LEONARD MORGANSpecialist Four · May 31, 1970
- JOHN RAYMOND POELieutenant Commander · August 4, 1970
- JAMES LOSPINUSOStaff Sergeant · January 10, 1972
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.