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ERNEST VICTOR HENSEL JR
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
August 24, 1943 – February 17, 1967
Service recordErnest Victor Hensel JR, of Hampton, Virginia, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on February 17, 1967, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 55 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 55
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- August 24, 1943
- Home of record
- Hampton, Virginia (Hampton (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 17, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date February 17, 1967; four of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 107 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 55
- DOUGLAS COOPER REYESLance Corporal · February 17, 1967
- EDMUND RONALD VEDROPrivate First Class · February 17, 1967
- JOHN DELANE VOLNERPrivate First Class · February 17, 1967
- BILLY GENE CONLEYPrivate First Class · February 18, 1967
Same unit, same day
- RONALD DAVID HARTSpecialist Four · Panel 15E, Line 54
- JOHN DELANE VOLNERPrivate First Class · Panel 15E, Line 55
From Hampton
- WILLIAM DOUGLAS HOPSONPrivate First Class · June 6, 1966
- JOHN KIRKLAND THOMPSONPrivate First Class · November 24, 1966
- JOE FRANKLIN WALKERStaff Sergeant · February 4, 1967
- THOMAS J EVANS JRWarrant Officer 1 · March 1, 1967
- RUPPERT LEON SARGENTFirst Lieutenant · March 15, 1967
- ALTON SMITHSergeant · March 18, 1967
- PHILLIP LEONARD ROUSESpecialist Four · May 5, 1967
- FELIX BOYD HAWKINSLance Corporal · June 29, 1967
- WILLIAM EARL HERRINGCorporal · July 7, 1967
- DONALD BEN ADAMS JRPrivate First Class · July 18, 1967
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.