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Private First Class Montie Horace Henderson Jr.
81mm Mortar Platoon
Battalion Landing Team 2/26
Private First Class Montie Horace Henderson, Jr, Charleston, South Carolina, age 23.
Died on October 1, 1968, in a barrage of artillery fire from across the Ben Hai River in North Vietnam onto his platoon's landing zone, LZ Duster.
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PFC Henderson had fought bravely with his mortar squad two weeks earlier on LZ Margo.
PFC Montie Henderson's obituary. Photo courtesy of Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund.
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