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GARY ARLAND HENDRICKSON
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
August 4, 1947 – March 1, 1967
Service recordGary Arland Hendrickson, of Ottawa, Kansas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 1, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 127 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 127
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- August 4, 1947
- Home of record
- Ottawa, Kansas (Franklin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 1, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date March 1, 1967; eight of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 127
- FRANCIS CHARLES DONOHUEPrivate First Class · March 1, 1967
- THOMAS BROWN DOWDSecond Lieutenant · March 1, 1967
- THOMAS J EVANS JRWarrant Officer 1 · March 1, 1967
- JOSEPH JOHN GRANDE JRSpecialist Four · March 1, 1967
From Ottawa
- SAMMY RAY WISWELLStaff Sergeant · November 19, 1966
- JIMMIE LE ROY JOHNSONLance Corporal · October 6, 1967
- LAWRENCE DEAN BURGESSSergeant · June 6, 1970
- STEPHEN LEE SMITHPrivate First Class · March 1, 1971
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.