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PATRICK LEE HENSHAW
Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 21, 1946 – December 19, 1967
Service recordPatrick Lee Henshaw, of Spokane, Washington, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 19, 1967, in Lam Dong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 32E, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32E · Line 23
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Operations And Intelligence Specialist (11F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- April 21, 1946
- Home of record
- Spokane, Washington (Spokane County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 19, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Lam Dong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date December 19, 1967; three of them were lost in Lam Dong Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 46 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32E, Line 23
- THOMAS STOW HENSHAWLance Corporal · December 19, 1967
- CHARLES RALPH HOLLANDPrivate First Class · December 19, 1967
- JOHN FREDERICK HOLZChief Warrant Officer 2 · December 19, 1967
- RODNEY LEROY HUDDLESONCorporal · December 19, 1967
Same unit, same day
- CALVIN ARTHUR GREENEFirst Lieutenant · Panel 32E, Line 22
From Spokane
- TIMOTHY MICHAEL LANGFirst Lieutenant · August 30, 1963
- DELOSS WILLIAM ANDERSON JRPetty Officer First Class · September 8, 1964
- DUANE CHARLES SCHELLStaff Sergeant · September 18, 1965
- WALTER PIPER JRPrivate First Class · February 6, 1966
- CHARLES EUGENE ANDERSONSergeant · March 5, 1966
- MARK JEFFREY GARDELLAPrivate First Class · March 20, 1966
- WILLIAM RICHARD WESTSergeant · March 28, 1966
- WILL PAGE BARTON IIPrivate First Class · June 9, 1966
- JOSEPH RAYMOND ELLMANPrivate First Class · June 9, 1966
- RICHARD PAUL HOLIENSergeant · June 30, 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.