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JOHN LESLIE SENSING
Captain · U.S. Army
August 23, 1947 – April 30, 1970
Service recordJohn Leslie Sensing, of Clarksville, Tennessee, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on April 30, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 76 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 76
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- August 23, 1947
- Home of record
- Clarksville, Tennessee (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 30, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date April 30, 1970; eight of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 108 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 76
- JON LESLIE PADGETTSergeant · April 30, 1970
- ROBERT DUANE PALMORECorporal · April 30, 1970
- LARRY WAYNE RABRENChief Warrant Officer 2 · April 30, 1970
- LONNIE BARRY ROBERTSSpecialist Four · April 30, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DONNIE EDWARD HORTONSergeant · Panel 11W, Line 73
- LARRY NEAL JONESSergeant · Panel 11W, Line 74
- ROBERT EUGENE MASSETHSpecialist Five · Panel 11W, Line 75
- WILLIAM ALFRED MEISTERSergeant · Panel 11W, Line 75
- ROBERT JOSEPH SHANNONSergeant · Panel 11W, Line 77
- DAVID WALDEN STATONSergeant · Panel 11W, Line 77
- LEON ANTHONY TETKOSKISergeant First Class · Panel 11W, Line 77
From Clarksville
- LAWRENCE WOODSStaff Sergeant · October 24, 1964
- WOODROW WILSON VADENMajor · December 10, 1964
- DONALD HOWARD MEEKSpecialist Five · September 16, 1965
- JAMES DAVID LONGStaff Sergeant · September 30, 1965
- HUGH CAMPBELL GALBRAITHChief Warrant Officer 2 · July 24, 1966
- FRANK LUTHER HUDDLESTONMaster Sergeant · May 17, 1966
- ROBERT DONALD JENKINSPrivate First Class · March 22, 1967
- HAROLD A BEAVERSON JRStaff Sergeant · May 31, 1967
- JOSEPH LYLE FARMERSergeant · December 31, 1967
- DONALD PETER GERVAISMaster Sergeant · May 1, 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.