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WESLEY PAUL HENDRICKSON
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
October 16, 1947 – February 12, 1969
Service recordWesley Paul Hendrickson, of Minneapolis, Minnesota, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 12, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 32W, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32W · Line 20
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- October 16, 1947
- Home of record
- Minneapolis, Minnesota (Hennepin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 12, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date February 12, 1969; three of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 119 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32W, Line 20
- GEORGE KIRTLAND HAMILTONWarrant Officer 1 · February 12, 1969
- BILLY FRANK HARPERCorporal · February 12, 1969
- LELDON EDWIN HOCK JRPrivate First Class · February 12, 1969
- ANTONINO RUGGERISpecialist Four · February 12, 1969
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM DONALD BAKKENPrivate First Class · Panel 32W, Line 18
- WALTER NORMAN CRAWFORDSergeant · Panel 32W, Line 19
- JOE JUNIOR MILESSpecialist Four · Panel 32W, Line 19
From Minneapolis
- WILLIAM EDWARD SWANSONLieutenant · April 11, 1965
- MICHAEL JOHN ULICSNIPetty Officer First Class · September 8, 1964
- DENNIS LEROY PIERSONPrivate First Class · June 26, 1965
- DON GLENN KNOWLTONWarrant Officer 1 · October 20, 1965
- ROGER MICHAEL MANNIESergeant · October 28, 1965
- TRENT RICHARD POWERSCaptain · October 31, 1965
- DAVID LEONARD UGLANDSecond Lieutenant · November 8, 1965
- WILLIAM MARTIN SAVORENLance Corporal · November 25, 1965
- LAWRENCE FREDRICK RAMAKERSpecialist Four · December 10, 1965
- THOMAS NEWTON SLOANTechnical Sergeant · December 17, 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.