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JOHN HENSLEY
Corporal · U.S. Army
January 13, 1949 – June 2, 1969
Service recordJohn Hensley, of North Fork, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on June 2, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 44 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 44
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 82 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- January 13, 1949
- Home of record
- North Fork, California (Madera County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 2, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date June 2, 1969; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 82nd Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 44
- JOHN HARLAND FARLEYFirst Lieutenant · June 2, 1969
- JEFFREY LEE GELDINSpecialist Four · June 2, 1969
- JAMES ROBSON GILMORE JRFirst Lieutenant · June 2, 1969
- MARVIN JOSEPH GUDESpecialist Four · June 2, 1969
From North Fork
- RONALD EDWARD FORSTERAirman First Class · March 19, 1969
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.