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CHARLES KENNETH HENSON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 30, 1947 – March 27, 1968
Service recordCharles Kenneth Henson, of Champaign, Illinois, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 27, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 46E, Line 46 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46E · Line 46
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- December 30, 1947
- Home of record
- Champaign, Illinois (Champaign County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 27, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date March 27, 1968; 12 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 208 of its members that month.
He died in Thừa Thiên Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 46E, Line 46
- FRANKLIN N GILES JRSecond Lieutenant · March 27, 1968
- LOUIS WILLIAM HAMILFirst Lieutenant · March 27, 1968
- RONALD JON HASKOPrivate First Class · March 27, 1968
- JAMES CURTIS HAUGHStaff Sergeant · March 27, 1968
Same unit, same day
- HARVEY GENE ADAIRPrivate First Class · Panel 46E, Line 43
- JOHN HOWARD BARNESSergeant · Panel 46E, Line 44
- WILLIAM EUGENE CARROLLPrivate First Class · Panel 46E, Line 44
- FRANKLIN N GILES JRSecond Lieutenant · Panel 46E, Line 46
- JAMES CURTIS HAUGHStaff Sergeant · Panel 46E, Line 46
- LAWRENCE RENALDO LOPESPrivate First Class · Panel 46E, Line 47
- ROGER WAYNE OVERSTREETCorporal · Panel 46E, Line 48
- CLIFFORD LEROY WILLIAMSCorporal · Panel 46E, Line 52
From Champaign
- RICHARD E NUTTPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- CHARLES LESTER GETMANCaptain · July 19, 1966
- WAYNE EUGENE DAWSONSergeant · December 19, 1966
- DENNIS GRANT NICOLAPrivate First Class · January 2, 1967
- WILLIAM HENRY HOLTHOFFSpecialist Four · March 21, 1967
- STEVEN ANDRE BROQUISTSecond Lieutenant · May 14, 1967
- LLOYD LYNN HITCHINSSecond Lieutenant · December 13, 1967
- EDWARD WALDREN CRUMMajor · February 6, 1968
- DONALD MILTON DALESpecialist Four · February 15, 1968
- ROBERT PAUL RIGGINSMajor · April 22, 1968
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.