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HAL KENT HENDERSON
First Lieutenant · U.S. Air Force
September 5, 1944 – August 2, 1969
Service recordHal Kent Henderson, of Bozeman, Montana, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on August 2, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 86 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 86
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. Air Force
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- September 5, 1944
- Home of record
- Bozeman, Montana (Gallatin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 2, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date August 2, 1969; six of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 86
- THOMAS LAMONTE DIVES JRWarrant Officer 1 · August 2, 1969
- JAMES STEVENS DRAVIS JRChief Warrant Officer 2 · August 2, 1969
- DAVID EDWARD FITZGERALDSpecialist Four · August 2, 1969
- WILLIAM THOMAS GRESHAM JRSpecialist Four · August 2, 1969
From Bozeman
- CHARLES GLENDON DUDLEYCaptain · June 28, 1966
- RICHARD DEWYATT CLARKMajor · August 25, 1966
- RAYMOND LEROY GALLAGHERPrivate First Class · March 2, 1968
- JERRY WAYNE SNYDERPrivate First Class · October 20, 1968
- STEPHEN STANFORD OVIATTFirst Lieutenant · December 5, 1969
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.