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JOHN THOMAS HENSLEY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 29, 1946 – October 7, 1966
Service recordJohn Thomas Hensley, of Sumterville, Florida, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 7, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 57 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 57
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- August 29, 1946
- Home of record
- Sumterville, Florida (Sumter County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 7, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date October 7, 1966. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 37 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 57
- ROBERT WENDELL GILLIAMSpecialist Five · October 7, 1966
- JOHN LOUIS HALLSpecialist Five · October 7, 1966
- HARTLEY MICHAEL JOSEPHSONLieutenant · October 7, 1966
- LARRY DALE KNIGHTMajor · October 7, 1966
Same unit, same day
- JOHN LOUIS HALLSpecialist Five · Panel 11E, Line 57
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.