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REID CHARLES HENNINGSEN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 13, 1947 – January 7, 1970
Service recordReid Charles Henningsen, of Schiller Park, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 7, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 8
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Field Communications Electronics Equipment Mechanic (31B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- November 13, 1947
- Home of record
- Schiller Park, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 7, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date January 7, 1970; six of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 8
- MICHAEL GEORGE HOFFCommander · January 7, 1970
- JOHN ALLEN HURSTSpecialist Four · January 7, 1970
- MICHAEL WILLIAM LYNESergeant · January 7, 1970
- LENUS EDWARD MEADSpecialist Four · January 7, 1970
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.