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ISAAC LEE HENDERSON
Corporal · U.S. Army
March 8, 1945 – July 22, 1968
Service recordIsaac Lee Henderson, of Texarkana, Texas, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on July 22, 1968, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 51W, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51W · Line 32
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Seaman (61A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- March 8, 1945
- Home of record
- Texarkana, Texas (Bowie County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 22, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date July 22, 1968; three of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 63 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 51W, Line 32
- JOE MASON DAVISPrivate First Class · July 22, 1968
- JOHN EGBERT GREESONSpecialist Five · July 22, 1968
- ALLAN FREDRICK HAMSMITHSergeant · July 22, 1968
- LYNN ARTHUR HOFFMANFirst Lieutenant · July 22, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WILHELM S HURKMANS JRPrivate First Class · Panel 51W, Line 33
- EUGENE DONALD SCHINDLERPrivate First Class · Panel 51W, Line 36
From Texarkana
- DEANE ALVA POMEROYWarrant Officer 1 · May 30, 1964
- RICHARD EDWARD STEELMajor · November 4, 1965
- RODNEY JOSEPH WILSONSpecialist Five · September 3, 1966
- ODDIE C HAILEYSergeant · June 23, 1967
- JAMES EUGENE LAIRDSecond Lieutenant · March 23, 1968
- ELMORE ROBERT SIMPSONPlatoon Sergeant · March 28, 1968
- WAYNE LYNN HARLANDSergeant · May 1, 1968
- HOWARD LEE ELDERSergeant · July 8, 1970
- STEPHEN OWEN MUSSELMANLieutenant · September 10, 1972
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.