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LESLEY HERBERT HENSON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 5, 1948 – August 14, 1969
Service recordLesley Herbert Henson, of Salinas, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 14, 1969, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 37
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- January 5, 1948
- Home of record
- Salinas, California (Monterey County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 14, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date August 14, 1969. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 99 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 37
- DONALD ALLEN CONTARINOCorporal · August 14, 1969
- MICHAEL HENRY DERAGONPrivate First Class · August 14, 1969
- DONALD LEORY DUNNSergeant · August 14, 1969
- JEFFREY CHARLES ELSONFirst Lieutenant · August 14, 1969
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS LEE FOWLERSergeant · Panel 19W, Line 38
- DARYL MILTON MOGCKSergeant · Panel 19W, Line 40
From Salinas
- JOE CARROL ROBERTSONCaptain · June 18, 1965
- ALTON EUGENE BAKERPrivate First Class · November 1, 1965
- DARELL GOODWIN FREEMANPrivate First Class · November 22, 1965
- ERNEST FELIPE LOSOYALance Corporal · December 19, 1965
- ROBERT LESTER MILLERLieutenant · March 7, 1967
- DANNY JOE KEITHCorporal · June 2, 1967
- GERALD LELAND POPPASergeant · August 1, 1968
- DAVID CHISUMPrivate First Class · August 16, 1968
- RICKY LYNN CORNELLSpecialist Four · November 14, 1968
- JAMES CLARK CARLSONPrivate First Class · November 23, 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.