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KENNETH WAYNE HENDRIX
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 4, 1950 – October 26, 1970
Service recordKenneth Wayne Hendrix, of Steubenville, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 26, 1970, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 23
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- March 4, 1950
- Home of record
- Steubenville, Ohio (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 26, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Stroke
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date October 26, 1970; he was the only one lost in Long Khanh Province that day. In October 1970, 318 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 23
- ROBERT MICHAEL GAFFIGANLance Corporal · October 26, 1970
- THOMAS ANTHONY GOEBELSergeant · October 26, 1970
- DALE VERNON HARGROVEPrivate · October 26, 1970
- GEORGE AUREL MILIKASpecialist Four · October 26, 1970
From Steubenville
- FREDERICK LEE RYANPrivate First Class · June 21, 1966
- JOHN R CANIFFSpecialist Four · November 5, 1966
- CHARLES HOMER BALLPrivate First Class · December 21, 1966
- THOMAS FRANCIS MASTROIANNIPrivate First Class · March 19, 1967
- ARTHUR ELLIOTT JONESSergeant · March 28, 1967
- JOHN ROBERT ENSELLSpecialist Four · November 7, 1967
- JAMES WARREN ALLEN JRCorporal · November 8, 1967
- HOWARD KEITH WILLIAMSLieutenant Colonel · March 18, 1968
- ROBERT ALLEN LULLAFirst Lieutenant · April 1, 1968
- CALVIN CHARLES GLOVERChief Master Sergeant · May 22, 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.