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ROY JOHN HENDERSON
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
May 18, 1947 – March 15, 1966
Service recordRoy John Henderson, of Somerville, Massachusetts, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 15, 1966, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 10
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- F CO 2 BN 7 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- May 18, 1947
- Home of record
- Somerville, Massachusetts (Middlesex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 15, 1966
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date March 15, 1966; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 10
- DUANE KENNETH HEISERPrivate First Class · March 15, 1966
- WILLIAM R HOLBROOKStaff Sergeant · March 15, 1966
- DAVID HUGH HOLMESLieutenant Colonel · March 15, 1966
- RAYMOND HOODSpecialist Four · March 15, 1966
From Somerville
- THOMAS EDWARD MURRAYCorporal · December 29, 1965
- DANIEL BENJAMIN DUFFY JRCorporal · April 24, 1966
- WILLIAM DAVID HOLDENSergeant · February 16, 1967
- JOHN HERBERT SHALLAHPrivate First Class · March 7, 1967
- CLARK ALAN MILLERSpecialist Four · March 16, 1967
- KENNETH LAWRENCE GREENEPrivate First Class · June 22, 1967
- WILLIAM JOSEPH MCRAEPrivate · August 9, 1967
- JOHN JOSEPH MCNABBPrivate First Class · November 30, 1967
- JOHN DONALD KENNE MACLEANSergeant · February 4, 1968
- FREDERICK J OCONNOR JRPrivate First Class · February 27, 1968
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.