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RALPH LEE HENDERSON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 9, 1946 – December 29, 1966
Service recordRalph Lee Henderson, of Washington, District of Columbia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 29, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 98 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 98
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- October 9, 1946
- Home of record
- Washington, District of Columbia (District Of Columbia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 29, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date December 29, 1966. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 98
- BILLY NEAL HARPERSpecialist Four · December 29, 1966
- JOHN L HOLSTEINPlatoon Sergeant · December 29, 1966
- ERNEST KELLY JRStaff Sergeant · December 29, 1966
- RICHARD NED LILLISPrivate First Class · December 29, 1966
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL R BROWNPrivate First Class · Panel 13E, Line 95
- JAMES BRYAN ELDER JRPrivate First Class · Panel 13E, Line 96
- ERNEST KELLY JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 13E, Line 98
- GARY W PRATHERPrivate First Class · Panel 13E, Line 99
- CHARLES WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · Panel 13E, Line 101
From Washington
- HOMER CLEO MCINTYRE JRCaptain · July 28, 1964
- JAMES MARTIN CALEStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- GEZA TEGLASSergeant · October 27, 1965
- LOUIS SHERRODSergeant · November 6, 1965
- LEROY HILLPlatoon Sergeant · November 8, 1965
- CALVIN BOUKNIGHTSpecialist Five · November 16, 1965
- PAUL EDWARD HURDLEStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- THEODORE M BEAMONSpecialist Four · November 23, 1965
- HARRY RONALD HOSKINSONSpecialist Four · December 13, 1965
- WILLIE MITCHELL JRAirman First Class · December 20, 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.