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DAVID DANIEL GENSEMER III
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 29, 1942 – January 30, 1966
Service recordDavid Daniel Gensemer III, of Little Rock, Arkansas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 30, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 118 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 118
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- September 29, 1942
- Home of record
- Little Rock, Arkansas (Pulaski County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 30, 1966
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date January 30, 1966. In January 1966, 401 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 131 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 118
- ROBERT EDWARD BEXLEYPrivate First Class · January 30, 1966
- RICHARD GALE BILOTTACorporal · January 30, 1966
- LARRY OVEID JULIAN BOOTYCorporal · January 30, 1966
- DAVID JOHN BUDKACorporal · January 30, 1966
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD DAVENPORTPrivate First Class · Panel 4E, Line 119
- RUBEN DELGADOPrivate First Class · Panel 4E, Line 119
- RAYMOND LEE HILLSergeant · Panel 4E, Line 120
- BENNIE FRANK PARKERSergeant · Panel 4E, Line 120
- JOSE NEGRON-RODRIGUEZPrivate · Panel 4E, Line 121
- RICHARD DENNIS PARKERSpecialist Four · Panel 4E, Line 121
- JAMES BILL ROGOFFSpecialist Four · Panel 4E, Line 121
From Little Rock
- LEVERNE WILLIAM MCKINLEYStaff Sergeant · August 27, 1965
- CHAMBLESS M CHESNUTTMajor · September 30, 1965
- JAMES MASSEYSergeant · August 24, 1965
- BOBBIE ELDON NOLENSecond Lieutenant · January 25, 1966
- JOHN WESLEY HOUSTONPrivate First Class · February 13, 1966
- WILLIE PIPPINS SRSergeant · February 24, 1966
- BOBBY LEON MORDENPrivate First Class · June 30, 1966
- JAMES LARRY MCCRYSTALPrivate First Class · July 27, 1966
- WILLIE GREEN JRPrivate First Class · October 3, 1966
- BILLY JOE WAYMIREChief Warrant Officer 2 · November 18, 1966
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.