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ROBERT EDWARD HENDRIX
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 26, 1947 – January 31, 1969
Service recordRobert Edward Hendrix, of Rome, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 31, 1969, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · Line 26
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- July 26, 1947
- Home of record
- Rome, New York (Oneida County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 31, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date January 31, 1969; he was the only one lost in Kon Tum Province that day. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 43 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33W, Line 26
- NORMAN ALAN FREDASecond Lieutenant · January 31, 1969
- DONALD GEORGE HEIDERPrivate First Class · January 31, 1969
- WAYNE ROGER HOYLEPrivate First Class · January 31, 1969
- EDWARD ALAN LAMBSpecialist Four · January 31, 1969
From Rome
- BRADFORD THOMAS GRIFFINLance Corporal · September 12, 1967
- WILLIAM CHARLES CHENEYWarrant Officer 1 · December 31, 1967
- ROBERT NIELSENCorporal · January 7, 1968
- ARTHUR RUSSELL JANSENCorporal · January 24, 1968
- HENRY F HENDERSON IIIPrivate First Class · February 17, 1968
- JOSEPH A MARTURANO JRPrivate First Class · March 6, 1968
- JOHN MICHAEL TANNEYLance Corporal · September 23, 1968
- ANTHONY JOHN MONTOYA JRLance Corporal · September 27, 1968
- WYATT STEPHEN THOMASPrivate First Class · November 12, 1968
- MARTIN ALLEN MCZEALSpecialist Four · June 18, 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.