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JOHN RUSSELL HENDRIX
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 15, 1947 – April 5, 1968
Service recordJohn Russell Hendrix, of Huntsville, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 5, 1968, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 48E, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 48E · 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. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Flight Operations Coordinator (71P)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- July 15, 1947
- Home of record
- Huntsville, Illinois (Schuyler County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 5, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date April 5, 1968; two of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 134 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 48E, Line 17
- DOUGLAS RAY HARPPrivate First Class · April 5, 1968
- DONALD AUGUSTUS HARRELLMaster Sergeant · April 5, 1968
- JOHN CHARLES HAVLICKPrivate First Class · April 5, 1968
- CARL E HOSNANDERCorporal · April 5, 1968
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.