Henderson, Oran
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Birthname | Oran Kenneth Henderson | ||||
born on | 25 August 1920 at 01:00 (= 01:00 AM ) | ||||
Place | Indianapolis, Indiana, 39n46, 86w09 | ||||
Timezone | CST h6w (is standard time) | ||||
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Biography
United States Army colonel who commanded the 11th Infantry Brigade, 23rd Infantry Division during the Vietnam War and later served as head of the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency in the late 1970s. He is most famous for his role in the My Lai massacre where he served as brigade commander for the units involved in the killings, ultimately being charged and acquitted of dereliction of duty for failing to carry out an adequate investigation and lying to Army investigators. He was the highest-ranking Army officer to be tried in connection with the killings. Prior to the Vietnam War, Henderson had served as an infantry officer in World War II and the Korean War. Henderson died of pancreatic cancer on 2 June 1998 at age 77 in Lebanon, Pennsylvania.
Events
Source Notes
Sy Scholfield provided birth certificate.
Categories
- Personal : Death : Illness/ Disease (Pancreatic cancer)
- Vocation : Military : Combat
- Vocation : Military : Honors
- Vocation : Military : Military career
- Vocation : Military : Military service (World War II, Korean War, Vietnam War)
- Vocation : Politics : Government employee
- 1920 births
- Birthday 25 August
- Birthplace Indianapolis, IN (US)
- Sun 1 Virgo
- Moon 13 Capricorn
- Asc 11 Cancer
- 1998 deaths
- Personal : Death : Illness/ Disease
- Vocation : Military : Combat
- Vocation : Military : Honors
- Vocation : Military : Military career
- Vocation : Military : Military service
- Vocation : Politics : Government employee