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STEVEN WAYNE HENDRICKS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 22, 1950 – May 26, 1971
Service recordSteven Wayne Hendricks, of Hawarden, Iowa, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 26, 1971, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 55 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 55
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
- November 22, 1950
- Home of record
- Hawarden, Iowa (Sioux County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 26, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Three names on the Wall carry the date May 26, 1971; he was the only one lost in Quảng Trị Province that day. In May 1971, 202 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 40 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 55
- MICHAEL DEAN RIDDLESergeant · May 25, 1971
- MELVIN ROBINSONSpecialist Four · May 25, 1971
- LEROY JAMES WESTRAWarrant Officer 1 · May 25, 1971
- ROBERT LOWELL GREENSTREETSpecialist Five · May 26, 1971
From Hawarden
- LARRY ROBERT SCOTTSergeant · February 24, 1967
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.