Massillon in Stark County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

David Wallace Hendle

Staff Sergeant - U.S. Army

— October 31, 1943 - May 16, 1968 —

David Wallace Hendle Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Craig Doda, April 26, 2025

1. David Wallace Hendle Marker

Inscription.
Staff Sergeant Hendle, a five-year Army veteran, was killed during a mortar attack in Pleiku Province. He was serving as an infantryman with Company E, First Battalion, Twelfth Infantry Regiment, Fourth Infantry Division. The son of Mrs. Coletta Hendle of Massillon, he was born in Massillon and was a 1961 graduate of Washington High School. David Wallace Hendle, a member of St. Mary Roman Catholic Church in Massillon, is buried in the parish cemetery.

Bronze Star • Purple Heart • Good Conduct Medal • National Defense Service Medal • Vietnam Service Medal • Combat Infantry Badge • Vietnam Campaign Medal

Erected by Arvine H. Myers, Jr.

Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, Vietnam. A significant historical year for this entry is 1961.

Location. 40° 47.602′ N, 81° 31.626′ W. Memorial is in Massillon, Ohio, in Stark County. It is at the intersection of Tremont Avenue Southwest and 5th Street Southwest, on the right when traveling east on Tremont Avenue Southwest. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Massillon OH 44647, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Amish Country

and in Greater Cleveland.

It is also in the American Midwest.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy,

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

and the Northwest Territory.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Timothy Dale Berry (here, next to this marker); Paul Ray Maddox (here, next to this marker); William Francis Coyne (here, next

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to this marker); William Lee Nulph, Jr. (here, next to this marker); Lamont Douglas Hill (a few steps from this marker); Richard E. Fuchs (a few steps from this marker); Robert Edwin Bethune (a few steps from this marker); John Robert Sinnock (a few steps from this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Massillon.

Vietnam Veterans Memorial Viaduct image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Craig Doda, April 26, 2025

2. Vietnam Veterans Memorial Viaduct

Credits. This page was last revised on May 23, 2025. It was originally submitted on May 23, 2025, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. This page has been viewed 96 times since then and 18 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on May 23, 2025, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.