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HENRY F HENDERSON III
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
December 21, 1947 – February 17, 1968
Service recordHenry F Henderson III, of Rome, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 17, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 39E, Line 72 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39E · Line 72
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- December 21, 1947
- Home of record
- Rome, New York (Oneida County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 17, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
51 names on the Wall carry the date February 17, 1968; 19 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Thừa Thiên Province while the Battle of Huế was under way. At Huế (31 January–2 March 1968), Marines, soldiers of the 1st Cavalry and 101st Airborne divisions and South Vietnamese troops fought house to house for 26 days to retake the old imperial capital, the longest urban battle of the war. The casualty record gives the province and date, not the exact place, so it does not say whether he fell in the battle itself.
Also on Panel 39E, Line 72
- FRANK LEE HOGEPrivate First Class · February 17, 1968
- ROBERT ALAN JACKSONSergeant · February 17, 1968
- SYLVESTER WARREN MCFARLANDLance Corporal · February 17, 1968
- AMON FRANKLIN MOORE JRPetty Officer Third Class · February 17, 1968
From Rome
- BRADFORD THOMAS GRIFFINLance Corporal · September 12, 1967
- WILLIAM CHARLES CHENEYWarrant Officer 1 · December 31, 1967
- ROBERT NIELSENCorporal · January 7, 1968
- ARTHUR RUSSELL JANSENCorporal · January 24, 1968
- JOSEPH A MARTURANO JRPrivate First Class · March 6, 1968
- JOHN MICHAEL TANNEYLance Corporal · September 23, 1968
- ANTHONY JOHN MONTOYA JRLance Corporal · September 27, 1968
- WYATT STEPHEN THOMASPrivate First Class · November 12, 1968
- ROBERT EDWARD HENDRIXSpecialist Four · January 31, 1969
- MARTIN ALLEN MCZEALSpecialist Four · June 18, 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.