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A G HENSLEY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 14, 1945 – March 31, 1967
Service recordA G Hensley, of Limestone, Tennessee, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 31, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 17E, Line 79 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17E · Line 79
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- October 14, 1945
- Home of record
- Limestone, Tennessee (Washington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 31, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date March 31, 1967; three of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 120 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17E, Line 79
- MANUEL ARTLAN HICKS JRPrivate First Class · March 31, 1967
- RICHARD ALFRED HILLFirst Lieutenant · March 31, 1967
- GORDON LEE HOGANStaff Sergeant · March 31, 1967
- MICHAEL J LAURIEPrivate First Class · March 31, 1967
Same unit, same day
- MANUEL ARTLAN HICKS JRPrivate First Class · Panel 17E, Line 79
From Limestone
- KIRBY WAYNE BRADFORDPrivate First Class · January 26, 1967
- DARYL CHESTER CULVERSpecialist Four · August 7, 1968
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.