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GEORGE RICHARD HENSON
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 28, 1944 – June 23, 1972
Service recordGeorge Richard Henson, of San Angelo, Texas, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 23, 1972, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 48 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 48
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Cannon Crewmember (13B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- August 28, 1944
- Home of record
- San Angelo, Texas (Tom Green County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 23, 1972
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Two names on the Wall carry the date June 23, 1972; two of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In June 1972, 88 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
He died in Pleiku Province while the Easter Offensive was under way. On 30 March 1972, North Vietnam launched its largest offensive since 1968, attacking across the DMZ, toward An Lộc and into the Central Highlands. By then few U.S. ground troops remained; American advisers and air power fought alongside the South Vietnamese.
Also on Panel 1W, Line 48
- CHARLES LEWIS BUTLERLieutenant Colonel · June 21, 1972
- THOMAS WINFORD JACKSONSenior Master Sergeant · June 22, 1972
- CORNER MACK DAVISSergeant · June 23, 1972
- JOHN LAWRENCE DILALLOChief Warrant Officer 2 · June 24, 1972
Same unit, same day
- CORNER MACK DAVISSergeant · Panel 1W, Line 48
From San Angelo
- CHARLES MILTON FITTSFirst Lieutenant · January 11, 1963
- LEROY BURKS JRPrivate First Class · November 1, 1966
- MICHAEL COURTNEY QUINNSeaman · May 24, 1967
- LOUIS FARR JONESColonel · November 29, 1967
- HENRY WILBURN HARTMANSpecialist Five · January 31, 1968
- ROBERTO PENA RIOSPrivate · March 4, 1968
- DAVID ALLEN PARKERStaff Sergeant · April 6, 1968
- HARRIS LESTER COLLINSCorporal · April 26, 1968
- JIMMY RAY WHELESSCorporal · May 9, 1968
- REX WAYNE DOYLESpecialist Four · May 17, 1968
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.