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GARLIN JERIS HENDERSON JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 19, 1950 – March 12, 1970
Service recordGarlin Jeris Henderson JR, of Rialto, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 12, 1970, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 118 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 118
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- August 19, 1950
- Home of record
- Rialto, California (San Bernardino County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 12, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date March 12, 1970; four of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 118
- EDWARD WAYNE HOLMESStaff Sergeant · March 12, 1970
- WARNER PRATER HUGHIECorporal · March 12, 1970
- FRANK JACARUSOSeaman · March 12, 1970
- OLIN JENNES LEONARDCorporal · March 12, 1970
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM CURTIS MOORHOUSESpecialist Four · Panel 13W, Line 119
From Rialto
- CARL MERLIN GEBHART JRCorporal · April 30, 1966
- CLIFFORD EDWARD HAKESPrivate First Class · February 28, 1967
- ROBERT STERLING MUMMERTSpecialist Four · July 5, 1967
- GAYLORD EUGENE NOOTZSecond Lieutenant · July 12, 1967
- STEVEN ALLEN GUTHRIESpecialist Four · January 31, 1968
- TERRENCE R FEIGENBUTZSpecialist Four · February 1, 1968
- ROBERT ALLEN ROMOPrivate First Class · May 2, 1968
- TOBY WINDFIELD STREETFirst Lieutenant · January 18, 1969
- CHARLES ALBERT VANHORNSpecialist Four · March 7, 1970
- RICHARD PAUL COXPrivate First Class · March 22, 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.