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LAWRENCE LOUIS HENSEY JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 18, 1949 – April 19, 1970
Service recordLawrence Louis Hensey JR, of Springfield, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 19, 1970, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 24
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Maintenance Apprentice (67A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- May 18, 1949
- Home of record
- Springfield, Illinois (Sangamon County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 19, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date April 19, 1970; three of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 39 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 24
- WILLIAM HARRISON PEASESpecialist Four · April 16, 1970
- DEAN LEE FREYStaff Sergeant · April 19, 1970
- BILLY WAYNE GLASSLance Corporal · April 19, 1970
- JAMES DALE JARRETTStaff Sergeant · April 19, 1970
- JEFFREY JOEL JOSEPHStaff Sergeant · April 19, 1970
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES ARTHUR BUSINDAWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 11W, Line 23
- CLARENCE EDWARD UMSTOTSpecialist Four · Panel 11W, Line 26
- STANLEY WILENSKI JRSpecialist Four · Panel 11W, Line 26
From Springfield
- ROBERT JOHN ACHASLance Corporal · March 14, 1965
- GLEN EDWARDS KINGLance Corporal · September 10, 1965
- GERALD WILLIAM BRASCHESergeant · September 23, 1966
- WILLIAM TOWNSLEY DEUELCaptain · September 30, 1966
- THOMAS MICHAEL JOYCEPrivate First Class · October 26, 1966
- DONALD LEE SCHROEDERSpecialist Four · March 19, 1967
- THOMAS LYNN LESTERPrivate First Class · May 20, 1967
- WILLIAM EDWARD HELLYERPrivate First Class · July 18, 1967
- WILLIAM DEAN MARTINLance Corporal · September 2, 1967
- WILLIAM T MCDANIELSpecialist Four · September 5, 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.