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STEPHEN EDWARD HENDRICKS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 19, 1949 – January 12, 1971
Service recordStephen Edward Hendricks, of Bloomington, Indiana, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 12, 1971, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 42
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)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- September 19, 1949
- Home of record
- Bloomington, Indiana (Monroe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 12, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date January 12, 1971; he was the only one lost in Quảng Trị Province that day. In January 1971, 259 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 16 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 42
- DARREL JAY CLODFELTERSpecialist Four · January 12, 1971
- EDWARD JOHN KAPUSTASergeant · January 12, 1971
- BILLY RAY PRICE JRSpecialist Four · January 12, 1971
- ROBERT JAMES LAFLAMMESergeant First Class · January 13, 1971
From Bloomington
- KENNETH LEE WALTERSSpecialist Four · May 2, 1967
- JAMES ARNOLD WORKMANSpecialist Four · May 18, 1967
- ALAN THOMAS READPrivate First Class · May 19, 1967
- EUGENE ALLEN PARISHPrivate First Class · October 15, 1967
- CHARLES PATRICK LIROTPrivate First Class · November 26, 1967
- WALTER MICHAEL SCOTTPrivate · February 11, 1968
- BOBBY WILSONSpecialist Four · February 25, 1968
- JERRY LABORN BOOKERSpecialist Four · April 22, 1968
- HARRY TILLMAN NIGGLELieutenant Colonel · February 5, 1969
- BRUCE WILLIAM SHAFFERWarrant Officer 1 · March 28, 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.