Henderson Darrisaw

Henderson Thomas Darrisaw (born January 29, 1989) is remembered as a young man who served his country and was connected to family and community in Georgia. Public records indicate he served in the U.S. Army (listed as SGT on veterans’ interment records) and his military service is part of how friends and family recall him — a commitment reflected by his burial at Fort Mitchell National Cemetery.

Those public records place Henderson as 29 years old at the time of his death in late January 2019. Local news reporting describes him as someone who had been with others at a neighborhood gathering the night he was wounded; while those reports focus on the events of that night, they also identify him by name, age, and hometown connections. Beyond those factual details, the record that remains is of a life that included service to country and ties to family who arranged for his interment in a national cemetery honoring veterans.

Public sources about Henderson are limited and do not provide a broad public portrait of hobbies, career outside the Army, or extended family narratives. That scarcity of public detail does not diminish the reality that Henderson was a person whose life mattered to people who knew him. The facts that are available — his name, his age, his Army service, and his burial in a veterans’ cemetery — point to someone who carried responsibilities larger than himself and who is honored in a place reserved for those who served.

This remembrance acknowledges the limits of the public record while holding a simple truth: Henderson Thomas Darrisaw was a real person whose life included service and family ties. May this note offer a quiet recognition of his life and the dignity with which he is memorialized.