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WILLIAM ROY HENDERSON
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
February 18, 1943 – January 23, 1969
Service recordWilliam Roy Henderson, of Cincinnati, Ohio, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He was lost on January 23, 1969, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 65 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · Line 65
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
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- February 18, 1943
- Home of record
- Cincinnati, Ohio (Hamilton County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- January 23, 1969
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing in action
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date January 23, 1969; seven of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Also on Panel 34W, Line 65
- DENNIS HAROLD GUTHRIESergeant · January 23, 1969
- ROBERT LEE LUSTERStaff Sergeant · January 23, 1969
- FRANK JOSEPH MARCONISpecialist Four · January 23, 1969
- TOMMIE LEE MITCHELLLance Corporal · January 23, 1969
From Cincinnati
- ROBERT DAVID BENNETTCaptain · November 5, 1962
- TOM WARDSergeant First Class · August 20, 1964
- KENNETH EDWARD HUMELieutenant Commander · March 29, 1965
- JAMES MELVEN PENNYPrivate First Class · July 15, 1965
- GENE RAYMOND GOLLAHONLieutenant · August 13, 1965
- LEONARD FREDERICK VOGT JRCommander · September 18, 1965
- CLARENCE HENRY GRAYStaff Sergeant · October 5, 1965
- EDWARD KEMPPrivate First Class · October 23, 1965
- CHARLES R DAVIS JRSpecialist Five · November 1, 1965
- TOMMY ALLEN DOAKPrivate First Class · November 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.