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LARRY EMERSON HENDRICK
Petty Officer First Class · U.S. Navy
March 30, 1940 – October 30, 1970
Service recordLarry Emerson Hendrick, of Bluefield, West Virginia, served as a Petty Officer First Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on October 30, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · 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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer First Class (PO1)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Gunner's Mate (Guns) (GMG)
- Born
- March 30, 1940
- Home of record
- Bluefield, West Virginia (Mercer County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 30, 1970
- Age
- 30
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date October 30, 1970; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In October 1970, 318 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 29
- OSCAR ROBERT LAYPORTECorporal · October 30, 1970
- BRUCE ALAN MCNEILSergeant · October 30, 1970
- JOHN PAUL MUSICHSpecialist Four · October 30, 1970
- CARL EUGENE OWENSSpecialist Four · October 30, 1970
From Bluefield
- EDWARD LARRY STEWARTSergeant · October 12, 1965
- CARL L MUNSEYStaff Sergeant · March 30, 1966
- GEORGE WASHINGTON FROESpecialist Four · April 9, 1967
- JAMES FREEMAN HUNDLEYPrivate First Class · May 8, 1967
- WILLIAM ALLEN BLACKWELLPrivate First Class · May 18, 1967
- HOWARD WILLIAM JONESStaff Sergeant · June 30, 1967
- FREDDIE ESTERSCorporal · July 6, 1967
- EDWARD JUNIOR SIMONSCorporal · October 14, 1967
- CHARLES RODNEY MORRISLance Corporal · July 6, 1968
- THOMAS BARRY CHRISTIANLance Corporal · August 6, 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.