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WILLIAM ATTLEE HENDON
Major · U.S. Army
November 18, 1931 – November 6, 1966
Service recordWilliam Attlee Hendon, of Mannsville, Oklahoma, served as a Major in the U.S. Army. He died on November 6, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 34. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 34
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Operations And Training Staff Officer (G3,a3,s3) (2162)
- Unit (as recorded)
- HHC 1 BN 28 INF 1 INF DIV
- Born
- November 18, 1931
- Home of record
- Mannsville, Oklahoma (Johnston County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 6, 1966
- Age
- 34
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date November 6, 1966. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “HHC 1 BN 28 INF 1 INF DIV”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 34
- THOMAS JOHN KLEMPSpecialist Four · November 6, 1966
- NORMAN LEWIS LINGLEYPrivate First Class · November 6, 1966
- ROGER THOMAS MACNUTTCorporal · November 6, 1966
- THOMAS RALPH MURPHYFirst Lieutenant · November 6, 1966
Same unit, same day
- MELVIN DAROLD DUTYSpecialist Four · Panel 12E, Line 33
From Mannsville
- BILLIE MAC CASTLEBERRYStaff Sergeant · October 7, 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.