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GERALD RAY HENDRICKSON
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
March 29, 1947 – November 26, 1967
Service recordGerald Ray Hendrickson, of Muskegon, Michigan, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 26, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 30E, Line 90 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30E · Line 90
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
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- March 29, 1947
- Home of record
- Muskegon, Michigan (Muskegon County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 26, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date November 26, 1967; 14 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 30E, Line 90
- HAROLD ARTHUR DOMANPrivate First Class · November 26, 1967
- PAUL MICHAEL DUMINPrivate First Class · November 26, 1967
- DANNY LEE FRYEPrivate First Class · November 26, 1967
- RICHARD EDWARD HAYESCorporal · November 26, 1967
From Muskegon
- LOUIS KENNETH KANAARCaptain · January 9, 1966
- RICHARD NORMAN GEREAUCaptain · March 5, 1966
- DONALD LEWIS KINGColonel · May 14, 1966
- JAMES ALLEN TAZELAARPrivate First Class · June 28, 1966
- DANIEL LEE EARLENBAUGHSpecialist Four · August 26, 1966
- ROBERT GAYLE DAVISONSergeant · December 17, 1966
- JAMES HARVEY HOPSONPrivate First Class · March 21, 1967
- ANTONIO RAMON PONCEPrivate First Class · November 12, 1967
- DAVID ORVILLE KAMPCorporal · December 27, 1967
- BERNARD JOHN NOVAKStaff Sergeant · February 22, 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.