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LARRY ROY HENSHAW
Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 22, 1950 – May 1, 1970
Service recordLarry Roy Henshaw, of Sapulpa, Oklahoma, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 1, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 79 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 79
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- March 22, 1950
- Home of record
- Sapulpa, Oklahoma (Creek County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 1, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date May 1, 1970; seven of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 170 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 79
- ROBERT LEE COLLETT JRStaff Sergeant · May 1, 1970
- PAUL MARION DAILEYCorporal · May 1, 1970
- ROBERT DOERINGSergeant · May 1, 1970
- JIMMY ARNOLD HILLSergeant · May 1, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JOHN HAROLD BARRETTSpecialist Four · Panel 11W, Line 78
- ROBERT LEE COLLETT JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 11W, Line 79
- JIMMY ARNOLD HILLSergeant · Panel 11W, Line 79
- THOMAS JAY KAUFMANPrivate First Class · Panel 11W, Line 80
- SAMUEL STEPHEN LANCEPrivate First Class · Panel 11W, Line 81
- CALVIN EUGENE NOLTSpecialist Four · Panel 11W, Line 81
From Sapulpa
- RONALD WAYNE HUTSONSpecialist Four · February 12, 1967
- MICHAEL PERRY KNIGHTPrivate First Class · March 29, 1967
- WILLIAM GLENN YOUNGPrivate First Class · September 13, 1967
- MERLE KEITH CARTERFireman · October 22, 1967
- GENE ALLEN FRAZIERSergeant · July 26, 1968
- DANNY WILLIAM TIFFTLance Corporal · December 18, 1968
- RONALD HERMAN YOUNGConstructionman · April 13, 1969
- DAVID BRUNERSpecialist Four · May 14, 1969
- RICHARD LEE WILSONPrivate First Class · August 7, 1969
- TERRY KEITH MCDONELLCorporal · August 15, 1969
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.