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WILLIAM WASHINGTON HENCE
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
November 25, 1929 – June 2, 1968
Service recordWilliam Washington Hence, of Tacoma, Washington, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 2, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 38. His name is inscribed on Panel 61W, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 61W · Line 13
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- November 25, 1929
- Home of record
- Tacoma, Washington (Pierce County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 2, 1968
- Age
- 38
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date June 2, 1968; seven of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 82 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 61W, Line 13
- LEONARD EARL DUTCHERSergeant · June 2, 1968
- THOMAS JAMES HARBOURPrivate First Class · June 2, 1968
- JAMES LEROY HILLPrivate First Class · June 2, 1968
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS JAMES HARBOURPrivate First Class · Panel 61W, Line 13
- JAMES LEROY HILLPrivate First Class · Panel 61W, Line 13
- PHILIP FRANK NESTICOCorporal · Panel 61W, Line 15
- THOMAS EUGENE RILEYSergeant · Panel 61W, Line 16
- EDWARD LEROY SIZELOVECorporal · Panel 61W, Line 16
- AUDRON L SMITHPrivate First Class · Panel 61W, Line 17
From Tacoma
- LOUIE GENE FRITTSPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- JOHN SHAW SABINE IVCaptain · March 30, 1966
- EDGARDO CACERESLance Corporal · May 12, 1966
- HOWARD ANTHONY MESOYEDZGunnery Sergeant · June 2, 1966
- GARY RICHARD HOLTPrivate First Class · June 24, 1966
- JIMMY GENE BRAISPrivate First Class · August 10, 1966
- THOMAS MICHAEL MOORESeaman Apprentice · November 1, 1966
- RAY NIXONSergeant · February 26, 1967
- DONALD L PENDERSergeant · February 26, 1967
- MAX PAUL STARKELCaptain · March 23, 1967
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.