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BRUCE DALE HENDERSON
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
March 28, 1947 – April 11, 1969
Service recordBruce Dale Henderson, of Nashville, Tennessee, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 11, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 56 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 56
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- March 28, 1947
- Home of record
- Nashville, Tennessee (Davidson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 11, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date April 11, 1969; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 56
- DALE HARRY HAVERFirst Lieutenant · April 11, 1969
- RICHARD ELLIOT HUFFPrivate First Class · April 11, 1969
- ROBERT LOUIS KNIGHT JRSergeant · April 11, 1969
- ANDREW MICHAEL KUEBELLance Corporal · April 11, 1969
From Nashville
- ALVIN G PARKERPrivate First Class · February 7, 1965
- DALLAS LAWSONPrivate First Class · February 10, 1965
- THOMAS C MCEWEN JRCaptain · February 24, 1965
- VARIS SAVAGE JRSergeant · November 6, 1965
- JOHN EDWARD FUQUASecond Lieutenant · January 31, 1966
- JOE KENNETH TAYLORSpecialist Four · February 22, 1966
- CLARENCE MITCHELLSergeant · February 26, 1966
- DENNIS EDWARD HOLTPrivate · March 30, 1966
- ROGER DALE JARRELLPrivate First Class · April 3, 1966
- JASPER LEE KEENSergeant · May 19, 1966
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.