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DAVID EUGENE HENDRY
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
January 21, 1950 – October 7, 1970
Service recordDavid Eugene Hendry, of Lake Dallas, Texas, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 7, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 117 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 117
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
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- January 21, 1950
- Home of record
- Lake Dallas, Texas (Denton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 7, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date October 7, 1970; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In October 1970, 318 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 117
- RICHARD RAY YOUNGSergeant · October 6, 1970
- MICHAEL ALLAN GRAHAMCorporal · October 7, 1970
- JON CHRISTOPHER JACOBSONFirst Lieutenant · October 7, 1970
- STEVEN CHARLES JOHNSONSergeant · October 7, 1970
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.