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DAVID WALLACE HENDLE
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 31, 1943 – May 16, 1968
Service recordDavid Wallace Hendle, of Massillon, Ohio, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 16, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 61E, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 61E · Line 11
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. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Operations And Intelligence Specialist (11F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- October 31, 1943
- Home of record
- Massillon, Ohio (Stark County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 16, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
80 names on the Wall carry the date May 16, 1968; five of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 99 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 61E, Line 11
- CHARLES RODNEY HENDRIXCorporal · May 16, 1968
- JAMES LOUIS HILLPrivate · May 16, 1968
- JERRY G HOLLINGSWORTH JRCorporal · May 16, 1968
- HENRY JOSEPH KIRCHNER JRPrivate First Class · May 16, 1968
Same unit, same day
- STEPHEN EARL CRAWFORDPrivate First Class · Panel 61E, Line 8
- ANUND C ROARKSergeant · Panel 61E, Line 18
- ALBERT W ROMINESergeant · Panel 61E, Line 18
- JOHN ROTONNELLISpecialist Four · Panel 61E, Line 18
From Massillon
- TIMOTHY DALE BERRYLance Corporal · January 11, 1967
- WILLIAM FRANCIS COYNELance Corporal · January 11, 1967
- RICHARD ELLSWORTH FUCHSLance Corporal · January 11, 1967
- ROBERT EDWIN BETHUNESpecialist Four · January 12, 1967
- LAMONT DOUGLAS HILLPrivate First Class · March 6, 1967
- WILLIAM LEE NULPH JRSpecialist Four · November 12, 1967
- PAUL RAY MADDOXSergeant · December 23, 1967
- JOHN ROBERT SINNOCKSergeant · May 30, 1968
- TERRY CHIP WELTYSpecialist Four · September 5, 1968
- RONALD STANTONSergeant First Class · October 20, 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.