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TOMMY RAY HENDERSON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 8, 1948 – March 3, 1971
Service recordTommy Ray Henderson, of Los Angeles, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 3, 1971, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 19
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- September 8, 1948
- Home of record
- Los Angeles, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 3, 1971
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date March 3, 1971; three of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In March 1971, 429 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 77 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 19
- JAMES EDWARD DUNCANSergeant First Class · March 3, 1971
- MOSES HAYWOOD JRLance Corporal · March 3, 1971
- RICKY LYNN JAMESPrivate First Class · March 3, 1971
- NEIL SCOTT KENDALLPrivate First Class · March 3, 1971
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES RICHARD ANDERSONFirst Lieutenant · Panel 4W, Line 18
- RICHARD LEWIS PARKPrivate First Class · Panel 4W, Line 20
- PAUL ANTHONY SGAMBATISpecialist Four · Panel 4W, Line 20
From Los Angeles
- JAMES WILLIAM MCNALLYTechnical Sergeant · October 23, 1963
- FRANK JOHN HOLGUINPrivate First Class · March 15, 1964
- RICHARD DEAN GOSSCaptain · August 29, 1964
- JOHN LOWERY MCCOYSergeant First Class · September 26, 1964
- JAMES HENRY MCLEANMaster Sergeant · February 9, 1965
- DWIGHT GLENN FRAKESChief Petty Officer · February 24, 1965
- AARON HAROLD WESTERNPrivate First Class · June 16, 1965
- EDWARD JAMES ANDERSPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- MAURICE RICHARD HILLPrivate · June 29, 1965
- WILLIAM WARREN HAILLieutenant Colonel · August 2, 1965
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.