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MEDFORD S HENSLEY JR
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
November 9, 1932 – August 27, 1967
Service recordMedford S Hensley JR, of Steger, Illinois, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 27, 1967, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 34. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 50 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 50
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 First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (12B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- November 9, 1932
- Home of record
- Steger, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 27, 1967
- Age
- 34
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date August 27, 1967; four of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25E, Line 50
- GENNARO JOSEPH DECARLOCorporal · August 27, 1967
- DAVID RAYMOND FAEHNRICHLance Corporal · August 27, 1967
- FRANK CLARK FISHERCorporal · August 27, 1967
- RAYMOND FORT JRCorporal · August 27, 1967
Same unit, same day
- DENNIS WAYNE COLEPrivate First Class · Panel 25E, Line 49
- ROBERT FREDERICK HAINESStaff Sergeant · Panel 25E, Line 51
- RICHARD ALLEN JACOBSPrivate First Class · Panel 25E, Line 51
- MICHAEL CLYDE KAMPHCorporal · Panel 25E, Line 52
- ALBERT GRAY LEGGETTSpecialist Four · Panel 25E, Line 52
- JESSE LOUIS MOORESpecialist Four · Panel 25E, Line 53
- TOMMY RALPH PETERSSpecialist Four · Panel 25E, Line 53
From Steger
- HAROLD WAYNE MADDOXCorporal · February 24, 1967
- LOUIS LLOYD GOERSPetty Officer Third Class · April 21, 1967
- CLARENCE ALVIE MILLER JRPrivate First Class · November 6, 1967
- LYLE WAYNE HANSENCorporal · May 12, 1968
- ROBERT MICHAEL KEENECorporal · August 25, 1968
- CLARK RUSSELL PEDERSENChief Warrant Officer 2 · February 23, 1970
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.