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JOHN MICHAEL HENSON
Private · U.S. Marine Corps
January 24, 1949 – May 9, 1969
Service recordJohn Michael Henson, of Sacramento, California, served as a Private in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 9, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 25W, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25W · Line 29
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 (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Cook (3371)
- Born
- January 24, 1949
- Home of record
- Sacramento, California (Sacramento County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 9, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date May 9, 1969; he was the only one lost in Quảng Trị Province that day. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 25W, Line 29
- BOBBY GENE BARBRESpecialist Four · May 8, 1969
- GREGORY LAMAR FLECKPrivate First Class · May 9, 1969
- GEORGE THOMAS HALLPrivate First Class · May 9, 1969
- JIMMY LYNN HENRYCorporal · May 9, 1969
- MELVIN JOHNSONPrivate First Class · May 9, 1969
From Sacramento
- IRVING ALBERT SELFSergeant · May 19, 1964
- LEONARD PAUL HUDSONFirst Lieutenant · November 19, 1964
- CRAIG LOUIS HAGENSergeant · June 10, 1965
- DAVID LEVANT FELTPrivate First Class · August 17, 1965
- RICHARD GRIFFITH PHILBINPrivate First Class · February 2, 1966
- PHILLIP ANTHONY LOTTAPrivate First Class · February 25, 1966
- MICHAEL ANTHONY GILSONPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- RICHARD LEE LAWSLieutenant · April 3, 1966
- ROBERT LEE FOSTERPrivate First Class · May 17, 1966
- GERALD C HUNSBARGER IIIPrivate First Class · June 2, 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.