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MARK ALAN HENSLEY
Corporal · U.S. Army
December 14, 1949 – September 19, 1970
Service recordMark Alan Hensley, of Great Falls, Montana, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on September 19, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 73 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 73
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- December 14, 1949
- Home of record
- Great Falls, Montana (Cascade County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 19, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date September 19, 1970; seven of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In September 1970, 364 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 30 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 7W, Line 73
- TORY DRAKE LAWRENCECorporal · September 19, 1970
- MILAN LAVOY LEESergeant · September 19, 1970
- JESSE LEE LENLEYSpecialist Four · September 19, 1970
- LELAND MCGEE MEHLSSergeant · September 19, 1970
- WESLEY ALVIN STIVERSONPrivate First Class · March 30, 2005
Same unit, same day
- TORY DRAKE LAWRENCECorporal · Panel 7W, Line 73
- ROGER DALE OVERWEGSergeant · Panel 7W, Line 75
- THOMAS ALLEBACH SHIPECorporal · Panel 7W, Line 75
From Great Falls
- WILLIAM MURRE CHRISTENSENLieutenant Commander · March 1, 1966
- JOE DAVID KEGLEYPrivate First Class · July 27, 1966
- ROGER PAUL RICHARDSONCaptain · March 9, 1967
- STEPHEN CARL NELSONPrivate First Class · April 25, 1967
- JOSEPH GORDON KLEMENCICPrivate First Class · May 9, 1967
- LYLE ALBERT JOHNSONCaptain · October 5, 1967
- WILLIAM MICHAEL JOHNSONPrivate First Class · July 13, 1968
- MICHAEL FRANC HENDRICKSONFirst Lieutenant · July 25, 1968
- GLENN CHARLES FISHSergeant · August 27, 1968
- FRANKLIN NEWTON CURLStaff Sergeant · November 9, 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.