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WILLIE HENDERSON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 4, 1949 – March 19, 1970
Service recordWillie Henderson, of Dallas, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 19, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 21
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- March 4, 1949
- Home of record
- Dallas, Texas (Dallas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 19, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date March 19, 1970; seven of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 21
- CARLOS ALBERT ESTRADA JRCaptain · March 19, 1970
- JAMES WILLIAM GREENWOODTechnical Sergeant · March 19, 1970
- ROBERT AXEL JARDINE JRSpecialist Four · March 19, 1970
- FOSTER LOCKLEARSpecialist Four · March 19, 1970
Same unit, same day
- PHILLIP WAYNE MEADORPrivate First Class · Panel 12W, Line 22
- BOBBY TRUMAN SIEGLERCorporal · Panel 12W, Line 23
From Dallas
- GLENN MATTESONSecond Lieutenant · March 23, 1961
- CONDON HUNTER TERRYCaptain · June 27, 1963
- ROBERT DONALD WALKERCaptain · April 19, 1965
- LESLIE GENE KINGLieutenant Colonel · August 1, 1965
- DAVID JOHN THOMASCorporal · August 18, 1965
- TED WAYNE QUALLSLance Corporal · August 31, 1965
- GEORGE A WESTMaster Sergeant · September 17, 1965
- JAMES LOUIS FISHERPlatoon Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JOSEPH CLINTON BRADYPrivate First Class · December 13, 1965
- RONALD GENE MCKINNEYSeaman · 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.