Rank: Specialist 4
Unit: D Company, 1st Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment
MOS: 11E – Armor Crewman
Awards: Bronze Star Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
Unit awards: Valorous Unit Award, Vietnamese Gallantry Cross with Palm device
Enlisted by: Selected Service
Date of birth: 4-Mar-1950
Hometown: Steubenville, Ohio
Marital status: Never Married
Campaign: Vietnam Conflict
Entered service: 18-Aug-1969
Start of tour: 1-Apr-1970
Incident date: 20-Oct-1970
Date of casualty: 26-Oct-1970
Age at death: 20
Cause of Death: Non-hostile, died of illness/injury. Illness. Stroke.
Kenneth Wayne Hendrix fell ill and reported to battalion aid station. Admitted to 93d Evacuation Hospital, Long Binh, 20 Oct 1970 at 1730 hrs, placed on Very Serious Injured (VSI) list 21 Oct 1970 at 1800 hrs, and later expired. (Diagnosis – leptospirosis.)
Location of fatality: Long Khanh, South Vietnam, YT 308 257
Place of interment: East Springfield Cemetery, East Springfield, Ohio, USA
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