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JOHN MICHAEL HENS
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
October 14, 1943 – October 3, 1966
Service recordJohn Michael Hens, of East Amherst, New York, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 3, 1966, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 40
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Small Arms Repairer/Technician (2111)
- Born
- October 14, 1943
- Home of record
- East Amherst, New York (Erie County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 3, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date October 3, 1966; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 40
- JOHNNIE LEE LAWRENCEPrivate First Class · October 3, 1966
- KENNETH A MALLONEESpecialist Five · October 3, 1966
- GEORGE ALLEN WALDRONPrivate First Class · October 3, 1966
- EDDIE LEE WILLIAMSSergeant Major · October 3, 1966
From East Amherst
- DONALD PETER ROEMERSpecialist Four · February 19, 1968
- WILBUR LEROY MONGWarrant Officer 1 · November 12, 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.