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ELWOOD RANDALL HENDRIX
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
April 9, 1943 – September 12, 1967
Service recordElwood Randall Hendrix, of Fulton, Missouri, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 12, 1967, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 26E, Line 60 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26E · Line 60
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- April 9, 1943
- Home of record
- Fulton, Missouri (Callaway County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 12, 1967
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date September 12, 1967; he was the only one lost in Long An Province that day. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 52 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26E, Line 60
- DAVID JOHN GULASHSergeant · September 12, 1967
- RICHARD WILLIAM HAWTHORNELieutenant Colonel · September 12, 1967
- CHESTER K HUTCHISONPrivate First Class · September 12, 1967
- ROY JAMES JUERSCorporal · September 12, 1967
From Fulton
- TERRY DEAN CRAIGHEADPrivate First Class · August 2, 1966
- LEWIS E MCDERMOTTMaster Sergeant · December 6, 1967
- ORVILLE ALLAN SHEETSPrivate First Class · February 14, 1968
- THOMAS MICHAEL BAKERCorporal · May 19, 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.