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CLARENCE O HENDRICKS III
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
August 11, 1948 – June 8, 1968
Service recordClarence O Hendricks III, of Columbus, Ohio, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 8, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 58W, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 58W · Line 4
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Motor Vehicle Operator (3531)
- Born
- August 11, 1948
- Home of record
- Columbus, Ohio (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 8, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date June 8, 1968; three of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 58W, Line 4
- CHARLES JONES JRCorporal · June 8, 1968
- DAVID KNOXLance Corporal · June 8, 1968
- ARTURO SERNA RODRIGUEZSpecialist Four · June 8, 1968
- JOHN HAROLD ULBRICHPrivate First Class · June 8, 1968
From Columbus
- LAWRENCE CLAIR HAMMONDChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 11, 1963
- JOHN FREDRICK STONEBURNERMajor · December 9, 1964
- TOMMY JOE BELCHERSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- ANDREW JACOB HINDERMANPrivate First Class · September 11, 1965
- WILLIAM BISHOP WOLFLance Corporal · October 14, 1965
- DENNIS SMITHCorporal · October 30, 1965
- CHARLES THOMAS MOORE JRSpecialist Five · November 17, 1965
- KENNETH POLINGSpecialist Four · November 21, 1965
- MORRIS LEE BARGYCorporal · November 29, 1965
- MORRIS E JENKINSSpecialist Five · December 2, 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.