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THOMAS EDWARD HENDERSHOTT
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
May 19, 1947 – May 21, 1967
Service recordThomas Edward Hendershott, of Lapeer, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 21, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 76 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 76
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)
- Born
- May 19, 1947
- Home of record
- Lapeer, Michigan (Lapeer County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 21, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date May 21, 1967; 15 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 20E, Line 76
- JAMES JOHNSON JRLance Corporal · May 21, 1967
- ROBERT KATAVOLOSCorporal · May 21, 1967
- ALFRED LEESergeant · May 21, 1967
- JAMES DAVID MCWHORTERSpecialist Four · May 21, 1967
From Lapeer
- TERRY RUSSELL MCCOMBSpecialist Four · June 5, 1967
- GORDON GENE KROPPPrivate First Class · August 5, 1967
- DENNIS ALAN GETTYPrivate First Class · September 6, 1967
- ROBERT ALLEN BLISSETTCorporal · November 30, 1967
- JAMES FREDERICK BAUCOMCorporal · February 28, 1968
- EDWARD LEON WILMERSSergeant · May 17, 1968
- MICHAEL ALLEN BEALSSergeant · July 15, 1968
- ROBERT CHARLES BECKMANPetty Officer Third Class · August 19, 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.