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GWYN THAXTON HENSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 14, 1948 – September 1, 1968
Service recordGwyn Thaxton Henson, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 1, 1968, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 45W, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45W · Line 19
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- June 14, 1948
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 1, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date September 1, 1968; three of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 69 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 45W, Line 19
- LUIS G GOMEZ-MESASergeant · September 1, 1968
- WILLIAM RONALD HINSONCorporal · September 1, 1968
- LARRY FRANCIS C HOADLEYStaff Sergeant · September 1, 1968
- MELVIN JOSEPH OWCZARCZAKSecond Lieutenant · September 1, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JAMES WALTER LAHTIFirst Lieutenant · Panel 45W, Line 20
- LONNIE CHARLES LAWSCorporal · Panel 45W, Line 20
- WILLIAM DOUGLAS TAYLORPrivate First Class · Panel 45W, Line 23
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 1965
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.