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GETER ALFRED HENSLEY
Petty Officer Second Class · U.S. Navy
January 10, 1927 – November 12, 1967
Service recordGeter Alfred Hensley, of Marion, North Carolina, served as a Petty Officer Second Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on November 12, 1967, offshore, South Vietnam, at age 40. His name is inscribed on Panel 29E, Line 82 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29E · Line 82
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Second Class (PO2)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Equipment Operator (EO)
- Unit (as recorded)
- NMCB 3 3 NC BDE
- Born
- January 10, 1927
- Home of record
- Marion, North Carolina (Mcdowell County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 12, 1967
- Age
- 40
- Province
- Offshore
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date November 12, 1967. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 29E, Line 82
- DANIEL WILLIAM FOSTERSpecialist Four · November 12, 1967
- GREGG MICHAEL GOSLINSpecialist Four · November 12, 1967
- WILEY GUERREROPrivate First Class · November 12, 1967
- ABRAHAM LINCOLN HARDYCaptain · November 12, 1967
From Marion
- JOHN EDWARD MCMAHANPrivate First Class · May 5, 1966
- JERRY WILLIAM GILLIANDSpecialist Four · January 6, 1968
- DENNIS MICHAEL POTEATStaff Sergeant · March 30, 1968
- DWIGHT EDGAR MOONEYSergeant · August 8, 1968
- BILL FRED WILLIAMS JRSpecialist Four · January 8, 1969
- JAMES ALEX JENKINSCorporal · May 20, 1969
- MICHAEL DEAN WEBBPrivate First Class · July 6, 1969
- JERRY LANE GREENESpecialist Five · November 26, 1969
- HAROLD DEAN HOLLIFIELDCorporal · August 14, 1970
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.