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ANTHONY JOSEPH MENSEN
Chief Warrant Officer 2 · U.S. Army
January 20, 1950 – October 22, 1971
Service recordAnthony Joseph Mensen, of Sauk Centre, Minnesota, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 2 in the U.S. Army. He died on October 22, 1971, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 48 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 48
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
- Chief Warrant Officer 2 (CW2)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- January 20, 1950
- Home of record
- Sauk Centre, Minnesota (Stearns County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 22, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date October 22, 1971; eight of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In October 1971, 132 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 16 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 48
- RANDALL EUGENE MAGGIOSergeant · October 22, 1971
- BILLY VANCE MORRISSpecialist Four · October 22, 1971
- NICK NATHANIEL RODRIGUEZSpecialist Four · October 22, 1971
- ANTON JOHN SCHNOBRICHSpecialist Four · October 22, 1971
Same unit, same day
- BILLY VANCE MORRISSpecialist Four · Panel 2W, Line 48
- NICK NATHANIEL RODRIGUEZSpecialist Four · Panel 2W, Line 48
- ANTON JOHN SCHNOBRICHSpecialist Four · Panel 2W, Line 48
- WILLIAM RUSSELL LEWIS JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 2W, Line 49
From Sauk Centre
- GARY LEE PREKKERCorporal · March 24, 1967
- MICHAEL PETER DZIENGELSpecialist Five · October 13, 1969
- ROBERT FRANK MARTHALERSpecialist Four · May 22, 1970
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.