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GAREY LEE HENSLEY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 20, 1945 – September 15, 1967
Service recordGarey Lee Hensley, of Spartanburg, South Carolina, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 15, 1967, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 26E, Line 75 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26E · Line 75
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- November 20, 1945
- Home of record
- Spartanburg, South Carolina (Spartanburg County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 15, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date September 15, 1967; four of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 52 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26E, Line 75
- NORMAN DOYAL GROVESpecialist Four · September 15, 1967
- JOHN LESTER HINESSpecialist Four · September 15, 1967
- LOWELL DEAN HOLDENStaff Sergeant · September 15, 1967
- JOHN MARTIN KEPPLERPrivate First Class · September 15, 1967
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM TEMEN CHERRY JRSergeant · Panel 26E, Line 74
- RICHARD E GLAESMANSergeant · Panel 26E, Line 74
- LOWELL DEAN HOLDENStaff Sergeant · Panel 26E, Line 75
- ALFONSO ALFRED MONTERROSOSergeant · Panel 26E, Line 76
- RONALD EUGENE SHOWMAKERSergeant · Panel 26E, Line 76
- MAURICE GENE WIDICKSergeant · Panel 26E, Line 77
From Spartanburg
- THOMAS RICE JRSpecialist Four · December 28, 1965
- DONALD THOMAS MITCHELLSpecialist Four · January 25, 1966
- CHARLES BENJAMIN NORRISSergeant · April 21, 1966
- FRED HAROLD STILLPrivate First Class · August 2, 1966
- JAMES WESLEY CANTRELLSpecialist Four · November 15, 1966
- JERRY DEAN WORTHYSpecialist Four · February 1, 1967
- LEYBURN W BROCKWELL JRLieutenant Colonel · May 1, 1967
- JAMES EDWIN WOODLance Corporal · June 2, 1967
- JIMMIE LEWISPrivate First Class · July 2, 1967
- ERNEST LINWOOD JACOBS JRCorporal · February 4, 1968
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.