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ARTHUR JAMES HENSINGER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 20, 1947 – November 25, 1967
Service recordArthur James Hensinger, of Emmaus, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 25, 1967, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 30E, Line 84 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30E · Line 84
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
- Light Vehicle Driver (64A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 523 TRANS CO 1 LOG CMD
- Born
- May 20, 1947
- Home of record
- Emmaus, Pennsylvania (Lehigh County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 25, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date November 25, 1967; two of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 30E, Line 84
- JOHN MILTON EKSTADTSpecialist Five · November 25, 1967
- DENNIS REX ESTESPrivate First Class · November 25, 1967
- JOHN A GIBSONCorporal · November 25, 1967
- ROBERT E HACKETTStaff Sergeant · November 25, 1967
From Emmaus
- DEPUY RAYMOND VANKEURENLance Corporal · August 22, 1965
- WALTER FRANK ORLEYLance Corporal · April 6, 1966
- ARLEN JAY MILLERSpecialist Four · May 13, 1969
- ROBERT FREW CONTIFirst Lieutenant · November 24, 1969
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.