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FRANK HAREL HENDERSON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 5, 1940 – December 29, 1967
Service recordFrank Harel Henderson, of Los Angeles, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 29, 1967, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 32E, Line 94 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32E · Line 94
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- January 5, 1940
- Home of record
- Los Angeles, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 29, 1967
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date December 29, 1967; four of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 33 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32E, Line 94
- CLIFTON HENSONCorporal · December 29, 1967
- GLENN CHALFANT HOPESWarrant Officer 1 · December 29, 1967
- JOE LOUIS JOHNSONPlatoon Sergeant · December 29, 1967
- ROBERT H MCWILLIAMS JRPrivate First Class · December 29, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JON MICHAEL CAPPAERTSecond Lieutenant · Panel 32E, Line 91
- ROBERT OWEN GRAHAMCorporal · Panel 32E, Line 93
- JOE LOUIS JOHNSONPlatoon Sergeant · Panel 32E, Line 94
From Los Angeles
- JAMES WILLIAM MCNALLYTechnical Sergeant · October 23, 1963
- FRANK JOHN HOLGUINPrivate First Class · March 15, 1964
- RICHARD DEAN GOSSCaptain · August 29, 1964
- JOHN LOWERY MCCOYSergeant First Class · September 26, 1964
- JAMES HENRY MCLEANMaster Sergeant · February 9, 1965
- DWIGHT GLENN FRAKESChief Petty Officer · February 24, 1965
- AARON HAROLD WESTERNPrivate First Class · June 16, 1965
- EDWARD JAMES ANDERSPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- MAURICE RICHARD HILLPrivate · June 29, 1965
- WILLIAM WARREN HAILLieutenant Colonel · August 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.