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DAVID WILLIAM HENSEL
Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 15, 1947 – May 16, 1970
Service recordDavid William Hensel, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 16, 1970, in Cambodia, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 51 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 51
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- November 15, 1947
- Home of record
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Allegheny County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 16, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date May 16, 1970. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 80 of its members that month.
He died in Cambodia while the Cambodian incursion was under way. From 29 April to 30 June 1970, U.S. and South Vietnamese forces crossed into Cambodia to attack North Vietnamese base areas and supply caches; the announcement set off campus protests, including at Kent State.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 51
- DOUGLAS ERNEST HOBBSPetty Officer Second Class · May 16, 1970
- WALTER LEE HUFFMANCorporal · May 16, 1970
- DAVID LAWRENCE JONESStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1970
- SIDNEY KEITH KOGERLance Corporal · May 16, 1970
Same unit, same day
- CLYDE WESLEY LAWRENCE JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 10W, Line 52
- JOE EDWARD RABERSergeant · Panel 10W, Line 53
- GARY RICHARD WHITECorporal · Panel 10W, Line 55
From Pittsburgh
- CLEVELAND WILLIAM GORDONMajor · January 7, 1964
- THEODORE ALAN WINOWITCHPrivate First Class · December 30, 1964
- CHARLES FREDRICK CLYDESDALELieutenant (junior grade) · March 15, 1965
- WILLIAM DONAVAN BENNINGStaff Sergeant · May 11, 1965
- FRANK HUFFORD BLANKSergeant · August 18, 1965
- JOHN L JEMISONPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- FRANK JOSEPH NADANY JRSergeant First Class · October 31, 1965
- RUSSELL EARL HAMMONDSergeant First Class · November 5, 1965
- HARRY FRANCIS JEDRZEJEWSKIPlatoon Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- RONALD JOSEPH LOERLEINSergeant · November 25, 1965
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.