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LONNIE HILTON HENDRICKSON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 16, 1948 – April 3, 1969
Service recordLonnie Hilton Hendrickson, of Orofino, Idaho, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 3, 1969, in Lam Dong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 5
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
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (12B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- C CO 116 ENG BN 35 ENG GRP 18 ENG BDE
- Born
- April 16, 1948
- Home of record
- Orofino, Idaho (Clearwater County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 3, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Lam Dong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date April 3, 1969; he was the only one lost in Lam Dong Province that day. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 5
- RONALD VENTION HACKERSergeant · April 3, 1969
- JAMES HENRY HUFFLance Corporal · April 3, 1969
- PERRY HENRY JEFFERSONMajor · April 3, 1969
- JOHN THOMAS MONTGOMERYSpecialist Four · April 3, 1969
From Orofino
- CLYDE ROBERT CARRICOSergeant · December 19, 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.