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CHARLES DRAYTON HENRICKS
First Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
July 28, 1942 – March 23, 1969
Service recordCharles Drayton Henricks, of Solana Beach, California, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 23, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 19
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
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Pilot Ch-46 Qualified (7562)
- Born
- July 28, 1942
- Home of record
- Solana Beach, California (San Diego County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 23, 1969
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date March 23, 1969; seven of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 19
- ROY LEE HOWARDCorporal · March 23, 1969
- HOWARD MICHAEL MEUTEPetty Officer Third Class · March 23, 1969
- JOHN LEE MORRISPrivate First Class · March 23, 1969
- BILL ARTHUR MOSCHETTISpecialist Four · March 23, 1969
From Solana Beach
- THOMAS LEE MERICANTANTEPrivate First Class · August 16, 1968
- VICTOR LOPEZSpecialist Four · January 17, 1969
- JOHN LEE BENDORSpecialist Four · March 11, 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.