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CHARLES EDWARD HENDERSON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 2, 1942 – December 14, 1966
Service recordCharles Edward Henderson, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 14, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 43 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 43
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Cannon Crewmember (13B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- B BTRY 3 BN 13 ARTY 25 INF DIV
- Born
- May 2, 1942
- Home of record
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 14, 1966
- Age
- 24
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date December 14, 1966. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “B BTRY 3 BN 13 ARTY 25 INF DIV”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 43
- JAMES RICHARD BRINKCorporal · December 14, 1966
- ROBERT COPELANDCorporal · December 14, 1966
- JAMES HAROLD DAULTONPetty Officer Third Class · December 14, 1966
- ROLAND PHILIPPE GUERETTEPrivate First Class · December 14, 1966
Same unit, same day
- KENNETH WILLIAM WAWERSIKPrivate First Class · Panel 13E, Line 46
From Philadelphia
- MEIR ENGELLieutenant Colonel · December 16, 1964
- MATTHEW N HARRIS JRMaster Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- ALLEN CONRAD HERTZFirst Lieutenant · June 6, 1965
- MILO BENETT STIBBINSSpecialist Five · June 11, 1965
- JOSEPH PATRICK GRUGANCorporal · June 26, 1965
- ROWLAND JOSEPH ADAMOLICorporal · August 18, 1965
- FRANK AMOS HENISSPrivate First Class · September 7, 1965
- EARL CHARLES WILLOUGHBYChief Master Sergeant · September 7, 1965
- WILLIAM A MITCHELL IIPetty Officer Third Class · September 12, 1965
- WILLIAM GREGORY MAURONEPrivate First Class · September 30, 1965
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.