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LEROY HENSLEY
Private · U.S. Army
June 7, 1943 – February 9, 1967
Service recordLeroy Hensley, of San Jose, California, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on February 9, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 11
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 (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Ordnance Supply And Part Specialist (76D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- June 7, 1943
- Home of record
- San Jose, California (Santa Clara County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 9, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date February 9, 1967. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 107 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 11
- ARMANDO AGUILARPrivate First Class · February 9, 1967
- CHARLES CLIFFORD HARDINGCorporal · February 9, 1967
- WILFREDO PAGAN-LOZADASergeant First Class · February 9, 1967
- MICHAEL FREDRICK SCOTTFirst Lieutenant · February 9, 1967
From San Jose
- JOHN WILLIAM IRVING JRFirst Lieutenant · May 8, 1965
- WARREN LESTER ANDERSONCaptain · January 13, 1966
- AUGUSTO MARIA XAVIERFirst Lieutenant · March 10, 1966
- LARRY MICHAEL JORDANLieutenant Commander · April 12, 1966
- RICHARD MICHAEL PATRICKSpecialist Four · May 17, 1966
- GEORGE ALLEN WALDRONPrivate First Class · October 3, 1966
- DALLAS GEORGE GRUNDYPrivate First Class · November 5, 1966
- WILLIAM ALLEN PALENSKEPrivate First Class · November 18, 1966
- RAYMOND BERNAL JRSpecialist Four · November 30, 1966
- WILLIAM DONALD COOK JRSergeant · December 17, 1966
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.