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EARNEST L HENDRIX
Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 16, 1943 – July 30, 1967
Service recordEarnest L Hendrix, of Texarkana, Arkansas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 30, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 51 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 51
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Cannon Crewmember (13B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- February 16, 1943
- Home of record
- Texarkana, Arkansas (Miller County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 30, 1967
- Age
- 24
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date July 30, 1967. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24E, Line 51
- DAVID ADDISON FREDERICKCaptain · July 30, 1967
- LARRY ARTHUR GARNERFirst Lieutenant · July 30, 1967
- JOHN CHESTER GEMBORYSLance Corporal · July 30, 1967
- WILLIAM VAN HEARNSPrivate First Class · July 30, 1967
From Texarkana
- THOMAS ALFRED TURNAGESpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- SHELTON LEE EAKINSecond Lieutenant · July 27, 1966
- JAMES DAVID GREENSpecialist Four · December 29, 1966
- NOEL WAYNE ROBERTSPrivate First Class · September 17, 1967
- EMMIT CHARLES DANSBYLance Corporal · May 12, 1968
- ARTHUR TRAVIS TURNERPrivate First Class · June 8, 1968
- EDWARD LEON SANDERSLance Corporal · August 29, 1968
- BARRY WADE GRAFSergeant · March 21, 1969
- ODELL DANIEL BEASLEYPrivate First Class · May 13, 1969
- LARRY GAY POOLSpecialist Four · July 22, 1969
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.