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JAMES CURTIS HENSLEY
Corporal · U.S. Army
July 21, 1950 – September 22, 1969
Service recordJames Curtis Hensley, of Decatur, Illinois, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on September 22, 1969, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 125 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 125
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- July 21, 1950
- Home of record
- Decatur, Illinois (Macon County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 22, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date September 22, 1969; two of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 71 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 125
- FRED EDWARD GOLDCorporal · September 22, 1969
- ROBERT LEE HAGER JRCorporal · September 22, 1969
- JAMES HENRY HALLCorporal · September 22, 1969
- GARY GRANT LAMBWarrant Officer 1 · September 22, 1969
- JOSHUA B STEWARTSpecialist Five · March 15, 1973
Same unit, same day
- GLENN MARTIN BRADLEYCorporal · Panel 18W, Line 124
From Decatur
- ROGER HUGH MULLINSLieutenant Commander · February 17, 1960
- HERBERT J DEXTERMajor · September 18, 1965
- JAMES DARRELL WHITE JRPrivate First Class · January 29, 1966
- WILLIAM PATRICK FORANLance Corporal · March 1, 1966
- RONALD THOMAS SHELTONCaptain · April 10, 1966
- BRYAN B STOCKWELLPrivate First Class · September 20, 1966
- JOHN RUSSELL SMITHLance Corporal · October 5, 1966
- CARL GENE SMITHSpecialist Four · February 13, 1967
- STEPHEN RAY BANGERTLance Corporal · March 2, 1967
- JAMES THOMAS BRADSHAWPrivate First Class · March 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.