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WILLIAM WAYNE HENDERSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 22, 1948 – April 27, 1969
Service recordWilliam Wayne Henderson, of Lyndhurst, Virginia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 27, 1969, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 62 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 62
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- March 22, 1948
- Home of record
- Lyndhurst, Virginia (Augusta County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 27, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
45 names on the Wall carry the date April 27, 1969; six of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 87 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 62
- ALAN BRIAN DENHOFFSpecialist Five · April 27, 1969
- BILL JAKE DUPREESpecialist Five · April 27, 1969
- CLYDE ARTHUR GIDDINGSSecond Lieutenant · April 27, 1969
- ROBERT ELVIN HOYCaptain · April 27, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ARNOLD REX BRAYSpecialist Four · Panel 26W, Line 59
- LARRY DEE BROCKFirst Lieutenant · Panel 26W, Line 60
- BILLY CLAYTON CHAMBERSSpecialist Four · Panel 26W, Line 60
- PAUL JAMESON NEELYSergeant · Panel 26W, Line 66
- GARY ROY SMITHSpecialist Four · Panel 26W, Line 67
From Lyndhurst
- DARL KENNETH MCDORMANCorporal · June 4, 1968
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.