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MARION F HENDERSON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 31, 1945 – November 8, 1967
Service recordMarion F Henderson, of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 8, 1967, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 29E, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29E · Line 49
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- December 31, 1945
- Home of record
- Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 8, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date November 8, 1967; 11 of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 142 of its members that month.
He died in Kon Tum Province while the Battle of Đắk Tô was under way. Around Đắk Tô in the Central Highlands (3–23 November 1967), the 4th Infantry Division and the 173rd Airborne Brigade fought North Vietnamese regiments for the hills along the border, ending with the assault on Hill 875 on Thanksgiving Day. The casualty record gives the province and date, not the exact place, so it does not say whether he fell in the battle itself.
Also on Panel 29E, Line 49
- THOMAS JOSEPH CULLENSergeant · November 8, 1967
- ROBERT C L FERGUSSONFirst Lieutenant · November 8, 1967
- CLINTON EUGENE HARRIS JRSpecialist Four · November 8, 1967
- DAVID ANTHONY HAYESPrivate First Class · November 8, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ALPHA LEE BUFORDPrivate First Class · Panel 29E, Line 47
- CHARLES DOTYPrivate First Class · Panel 29E, Line 48
- DAVID ANTHONY HAYESPrivate First Class · Panel 29E, Line 49
- WILLIAM LEE JUETTPrivate First Class · Panel 29E, Line 50
- EARL DAWSON LAWRENCEPrivate First Class · Panel 29E, Line 51
- RICHARD ALLEN MEHNEPrivate First Class · Panel 29E, Line 52
- DOUGLAS EDWARD SOLOMONSpecialist Four · Panel 29E, Line 53
- GARY WALTER SCHMITTPrivate First Class · Panel 29E, Line 54
- KENNETH WAYNE TINGLESpecialist Four · Panel 29E, Line 55
From Oklahoma City
- LAVESTER LEE WILLIAMSCaptain · March 23, 1963
- GORDON RICHARD BROWNCaptain · October 24, 1963
- CHARLES KENNETH SIDESLance Corporal · March 26, 1965
- FRANK PETER WATSONCaptain · June 18, 1965
- LARRY DREW HARVEYCorporal · October 3, 1965
- GARY HOWARD JONESPrivate First Class · October 14, 1965
- GEORGE RAY THOMPSONSergeant · December 12, 1965
- JEFF GOUDEAU JRPrivate First Class · December 13, 1965
- GARY RAY ARTMANSpecialist Four · February 18, 1966
- JERRY D LEWISSpecialist Four · March 16, 1966
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.