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JAN VICTOR HENRICKSON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 11, 1948 – August 12, 1968
Service recordJan Victor Henrickson, of Hartly, Delaware, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 12, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 49W, Line 54 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49W · Line 54
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Radio Operator (05B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 92 FIELD FORCE
- Born
- March 11, 1948
- Home of record
- Hartly, Delaware (Kent County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 12, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
44 names on the Wall carry the date August 12, 1968; three of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “92 FIELD FORCE”, his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 49W, Line 54
- MILTON COOKSergeant · August 12, 1968
- STANLEY GENE HOLTONSpecialist Four · August 12, 1968
- TERRY ROY JENS JRWarrant Officer 1 · August 12, 1968
- WILLIAM WAYNE KENTPrivate First Class · August 12, 1968
- RONALD PAUL LEELance Corporal · August 12, 1968
Same unit, same day
- KENNETH RAY BLAIRSpecialist Four · Panel 49W, Line 50
- WILLIE WHITFIELD JRPrivate First Class · Panel 48W, Line 4
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.