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JAMES D HENDERSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 11, 1944 – February 1, 1967
Service recordJames D Henderson, of De Funiak Springs, Florida, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 1, 1967, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 103 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 103
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)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- October 11, 1944
- Home of record
- De Funiak Springs, Florida (Walton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 1, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date February 1, 1967; two of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 14E, Line 103
- JERRY EDWARD BROOKSPrivate First Class · February 1, 1967
- AUGUST CHIASERA JRSpecialist Four · February 1, 1967
- WALTER RALPH DALEYFirst Lieutenant · February 1, 1967
- DAVID JOSEPH FRISCHMANNLance Corporal · February 1, 1967
Same unit, same day
- AUGUST CHIASERA JRSpecialist Four · Panel 14E, Line 103
- WILLIAM D SCHADDELEESergeant · Panel 14E, Line 106
From De Funiak Springs
- WILBUR LYNN COSSONPetty Officer First Class · July 7, 1967
- BILLY RAYVON NORRISPrivate First Class · February 19, 1968
- RICHARD GUSTAVE HAILE JRSergeant · May 30, 1970
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.