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LEON HENDERSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 10, 1948 – March 17, 1968
Service recordLeon Henderson, of Jacksonville, Florida, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 17, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 45E, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45E · Line 11
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- December 10, 1948
- Home of record
- Jacksonville, Florida (Duval County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 17, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date March 17, 1968; five of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
He died in Quảng Ngãi Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 45E, Line 11
- RICHARD JAMES GROOMSSpecialist Four · March 17, 1968
- DAVID LIVINGSTONE GROVESSpecialist Four · March 17, 1968
- JOHN JAMES HARRISCorporal · March 17, 1968
- THOMAS TRUETT HENSLEYMajor · March 17, 1968
Same unit, same day
- EDGAR DEWAYNE BELLPrivate First Class · Panel 45E, Line 7
- LAWRENCE ALPHONSE GRENHAMSergeant · Panel 45E, Line 7
- RALPH ALTON BRANSON JRPrivate First Class · Panel 45E, Line 8
From Jacksonville
- LOYE THOMAS CHRISTMASPrivate First Class · January 17, 1964
- WYLEY WRIGHT JRSpecialist Five · March 9, 1964
- OTIS GORDON JRMajor · November 19, 1964
- HORACE CLEVELAND COLLINSSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- JAMES HENRY KINGSergeant First Class · October 6, 1965
- RODNEY CARSWELL HARRISPrivate First Class · November 1, 1965
- HENRY TUCKER CANNONSergeant First Class · November 8, 1965
- NATHANIEL BYRDSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- WILLIE FRANK GODBOLDTSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- ALEXANDER WILLIAMSSergeant · November 15, 1965
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.