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ROGER LEE HENSON
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
November 6, 1947 – December 27, 1967
Service recordRoger Lee Henson, of Kansas City, Missouri, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on December 27, 1967, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 32E, Line 73 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32E · Line 73
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 Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- November 6, 1947
- Home of record
- Kansas City, Missouri (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 27, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
88 names on the Wall carry the date December 27, 1967; four of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 106 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32E, Line 73
- ROBERT EDWARD HENTSCHELLance Corporal · December 27, 1967
- TED DELANE HOLLIMAN JRCorporal · December 27, 1967
- DONALD CLEMENT HOPEWELLLance Corporal · December 27, 1967
- ALBERT LEROY HORNERCorporal · December 27, 1967
Same unit, same day
- HOWARD D ANDERSONWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 32E, Line 67
- JOHN PAUL BARSCHSpecialist Four · Panel 32E, Line 69
- THORNTON ISHAM JACKSONCorporal · Panel 32E, Line 74
- MARK VEDDER SCHMIDTWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 32E, Line 81
From Kansas City
- PATRICK PEARSE MANNINGPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- FRANK ALLEN GIVENPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- MICHAEL STEVENS HARRISPrivate First Class · December 9, 1965
- LESTER A ROGERSFirst Lieutenant · February 28, 1966
- JEROME NIXONPrivate First Class · March 23, 1966
- CHARLES R LAWHONWarrant Officer 1 · May 6, 1966
- JAMES PAUL DEBRULERPrivate First Class · May 21, 1966
- DAYTON WILLIAM RAGLANDColonel · May 31, 1966
- ROBERT WILLIAM PECKPrivate First Class · July 10, 1966
- EUGENE JOLLYSpecialist Five · July 11, 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.