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STERLING CRAIG HENDRICKS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 27, 1947 – April 19, 1967
Service recordSterling Craig Hendricks, of Garland, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 19, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 49
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- July 27, 1947
- Home of record
- Garland, Texas (Dallas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 19, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date April 19, 1967. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 49
- CHARLES EDWARD HAWKLance Corporal · April 19, 1967
- KENNETH EUGENE KASAStaff Sergeant · April 19, 1967
- GREGORY LAWRENCE MARTINPrivate First Class · April 19, 1967
- DAVID EARL MATTHEWSCorporal · April 19, 1967
From Garland
- VIRGIL LYNN STEPHENLance Corporal · July 19, 1965
- DANIEL GORDON ROGERSPrivate First Class · February 13, 1966
- DAVID KEITH MONEACHICorporal · April 16, 1967
- TOMMIE VAUGHN WHITEPrivate First Class · July 2, 1967
- JAMES FRANCIS BEANPrivate First Class · July 21, 1967
- EVERETT LEE MAXWELLPrivate First Class · November 18, 1967
- ASHLAND FREDERICK BURCHWELLFirst Lieutenant · February 19, 1968
- LARRY DOUGLAS NEASBITTSergeant · February 20, 1968
- WILBUR LOVING MINTER JRLance Corporal · March 14, 1968
- MICHAEL DENNIS MUSECorporal · August 16, 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.