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GARY LLOYD HENDERSON
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
October 12, 1942 – March 9, 1966
Service recordGary Lloyd Henderson, of Niagara Falls, New York, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 9, 1966, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 132 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 132
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- L CO 3 BN 7 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- October 12, 1942
- Home of record
- Niagara Falls, New York (Niagara County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 9, 1966
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date March 9, 1966; three of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “L CO 3 BN 7 MAR 3 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 132
- ROBERT EUGENE FOSTERStaff Sergeant · March 9, 1966
- BILLIE ALLEN HALLStaff Sergeant · March 9, 1966
- JAMES MICHAEL JAROLIMEKPrivate First Class · March 9, 1966
- PAUL E LABRECQUE JRCorporal · March 9, 1966
Same unit, same day
- WARREN SHELBY MCELHANONPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 133
From Niagara Falls
- GILBERT MICHAEL NICKLASPrivate First Class · November 14, 1965
- RONALD TERRANCE TERRYStaff Sergeant · January 29, 1966
- CHARLES CLINTON CURTIS JRPrivate First Class · January 26, 1967
- DANIEL JAMES NEWMAN JRCorporal · March 21, 1967
- JOHN PAUL BOBOSecond Lieutenant · March 30, 1967
- WALTER JAMES PTASNICKCorporal · April 15, 1967
- DAVID FRITZ BITTENBENDERCaptain · July 7, 1967
- THOMAS WALTER SITEKLieutenant Commander · August 23, 1967
- ROBERT TAYLORLance Corporal · September 27, 1967
- JAMES THOMAS LANEPrivate First Class · October 4, 1967
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.