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GAYLORD BLAIN HENDRICKSON
Platoon Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 17, 1932 – June 5, 1968
Service recordGaylord Blain Hendrickson, of Mission, Kansas, served as a Platoon Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 5, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 35. His name is inscribed on Panel 60W, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 60W · Line 21
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
- Platoon Sergeant (PSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Unit Supply Specialist (76Y)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- June 17, 1932
- Home of record
- Mission, Kansas (Johnson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 5, 1968
- Age
- 35
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
53 names on the Wall carry the date June 5, 1968; three of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 60W, Line 21
- JOSEPH PAUL NOELCorporal · June 5, 1968
- ELIEZER ORTIZPrivate · June 5, 1968
- DOUGLAS RALPH OTTSpecialist Four · June 5, 1968
- BLANE MARKWOOD RUBYPrivate First Class · June 5, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JAMES WILLIAM COXFirst Lieutenant · Panel 60W, Line 16
- MACARTHUR G GEESergeant · Panel 60W, Line 17
From Mission
- JACK WARREN PHILLIPSCaptain · October 14, 1967
- DARELD NORVAL BORDERSSergeant · July 2, 1968
- WILLIAM ANDERSON PHALP JRPrivate First Class · February 10, 1969
- WILLIAM WESLEY SCHOTH IISpecialist Five · March 26, 1969
- GARY JOE BARNETTCaptain · March 21, 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.