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MICHAEL FRANC HENDRICKSON
First Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
May 29, 1943 – July 25, 1968
Service recordMichael Franc Hendrickson, of Great Falls, Montana, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 25, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 50W, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50W · Line 6
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Officer (I) (0302)
- Born
- May 29, 1943
- Home of record
- Great Falls, Montana (Cascade County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 25, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date July 25, 1968; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 50W, Line 6
- HECTOR GONZALEZSpecialist Five · July 25, 1968
- KENNETH JAMES HOFFMANCaptain · July 25, 1968
- VAN ALLEN IRWINSergeant First Class · July 25, 1968
- WAYNE ARNOLD KELLERPrivate First Class · July 25, 1968
From Great Falls
- WILLIAM MURRE CHRISTENSENLieutenant Commander · March 1, 1966
- JOE DAVID KEGLEYPrivate First Class · July 27, 1966
- ROGER PAUL RICHARDSONCaptain · March 9, 1967
- STEPHEN CARL NELSONPrivate First Class · April 25, 1967
- JOSEPH GORDON KLEMENCICPrivate First Class · May 9, 1967
- LYLE ALBERT JOHNSONCaptain · October 5, 1967
- WILLIAM MICHAEL JOHNSONPrivate First Class · July 13, 1968
- GLENN CHARLES FISHSergeant · August 27, 1968
- FRANKLIN NEWTON CURLStaff Sergeant · November 9, 1968
- RAYMOND ALLEN COLECorporal · February 23, 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.