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KAYLE DEAN HENDERSON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 14, 1948 – July 6, 1969
Service recordKayle Dean Henderson, of Vista, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 6, 1969, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 70 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 70
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
- Aircraft Armament Repairman (45J)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- August 14, 1948
- Home of record
- Vista, California (San Diego County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 6, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date July 6, 1969; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 70
- THOMAS RICHARD DWYERCorporal · July 6, 1969
- LARRY HOWARD JOHNSONSergeant · July 6, 1969
- ERVIN JONESSergeant · July 6, 1969
- GOLSBY KIMBROUGH JRSergeant · July 6, 1969
From Vista
- JOHN WALLACE TUNNELLLieutenant Commander · June 20, 1966
- DOUGLAS HOLMAN BUTTERFIELDCaptain · June 5, 1967
- JEROME EDDIE WALLY JANSENSpecialist Four · August 20, 1968
- JAMES EDWARD KINNARDSpecialist Four · March 7, 1969
- JAMES OSCAR HALL JRPrivate First Class · June 21, 1969
- DAVID WILLIAM FELKNERSergeant · January 11, 1970
- KIRK LESLIE RAUCHSpecialist Four · August 3, 1970
- KENNETH CLIFFORD NOKESSpecialist Five · September 27, 1970
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.