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JAMES THOMAS HENDRICKS
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
June 6, 1949 – October 6, 1968
Service recordJames Thomas Hendricks, of Norwalk, Connecticut, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 6, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 41W, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41W · Line 17
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- June 6, 1949
- Home of record
- Norwalk, Connecticut (Fairfield County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 6, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date October 6, 1968; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 41W, Line 17
- CHARLES WATSON WILLINGHAMSpecialist Four · October 5, 1968
- DAVID WALTER WILSONSpecialist Four · October 5, 1968
- JAMES ALBERT BRINKOETTERWarrant Officer 1 · October 6, 1968
- EDGAR LARUE SMITHSergeant · October 6, 1968
From Norwalk
- LARRY ALAN THORNEMajor · October 18, 1965
- ALBERT MICHAEL PREVOSTFirst Lieutenant · February 1, 1966
- JOSEPH ORVILLE BROWNCaptain · April 19, 1966
- MICHAEL JOHN SCANLONCorporal · January 18, 1967
- ROBERT FRANCIS STEVENSSpecialist Five · June 10, 1967
- JAMES FABRIZIOPrivate First Class · July 10, 1967
- MARIO CHARLES CRUGNOLA JRPetty Officer Second Class · July 29, 1967
- EDWARD VINCENT PALMENTACorporal · June 11, 1969
- CHARLES W BACHMAN JRPrivate First Class · October 2, 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.