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JERRY WAYNE HENDRIX
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
December 27, 1942 – July 11, 1972
Service recordJerry Wayne Hendrix, of Wichita, Kansas, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 11, 1972, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 55 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 55
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Laundry Machine Operator (3261)
- Unit (as recorded)
- HMM 165 MAG 36 1 MAW
- Born
- December 27, 1942
- Home of record
- Wichita, Kansas (Sedgwick County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 11, 1972
- Age
- 29
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Two names on the Wall carry the date July 11, 1972; two of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1972, 53 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “HMM 165 MAG 36 1 MAW”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
He died in Quảng Trị Province while the Easter Offensive was under way. On 30 March 1972, North Vietnam launched its largest offensive since 1968, attacking across the DMZ, toward An Lộc and into the Central Highlands. By then few U.S. ground troops remained; American advisers and air power fought alongside the South Vietnamese.
Also on Panel 1W, Line 55
- PETER MORGAN BENTSONMajor · July 9, 1972
- RICHARD JOSEPH TALLMANBrigadier General · July 9, 1972
- FRANK CLIFFORD GREEN JRCommander · July 10, 1972
- KENNETH LLOYD CRODYCorporal · July 11, 1972
Same unit, same day
- KENNETH LLOYD CRODYCorporal · Panel 1W, Line 55
From Wichita
- RICHARD DEAN SMITHLieutenant Colonel · March 11, 1965
- GARY LYNN DICKEYLance Corporal · July 23, 1965
- LOUIS DON ROYSTON JRPrivate First Class · September 1, 1965
- REBEL LEE HOLCOMBSergeant · November 8, 1965
- HENRY GENTRY JRPrivate First Class · December 5, 1965
- DANIEL ALBERT DICKINSONSpecialist Four · December 6, 1965
- DONALD DEAN KARLINCorporal · December 18, 1965
- CHARLES RONALD GURTLERLance Corporal · April 21, 1966
- ROBERT GARY MALONECorporal · July 28, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD REIDPrivate First Class · August 26, 1966
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.