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RAYMOND ALBERT HENSLEY
Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 28, 1947 – May 17, 1968
Service recordRaymond Albert Hensley, of Des Moines, Iowa, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 17, 1968, in Kien Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 62E, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 62E · Line 5
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 AVN BDE
- Born
- July 28, 1947
- Home of record
- Des Moines, Iowa (Polk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 17, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kien Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
85 names on the Wall carry the date May 17, 1968; four of them were lost in Kien Tuong Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 47 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 62E, Line 5
- ALLEN RUSSELL GREENLance Corporal · May 17, 1968
- TIMOTHY MCKEE HAMILTONSergeant · May 17, 1968
- JERRY WENDELL HAMMOCKCorporal · May 17, 1968
- ALBERT WILLIAM HAWKINSPrivate First Class · May 17, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM F JULIUS IIISergeant · Panel 62E, Line 7
- ROBERT JOHN ROSARWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 62E, Line 11
- FRANCIS BARON SCHMITTWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 62E, Line 11
From Des Moines
- CONNIE LEROY CHANDLERSergeant · November 20, 1965
- HARRY RICHARD CRUMLEYCaptain · January 25, 1966
- WALTER BOYCE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- MARSHALL MYRON HOLT JRCaptain · March 2, 1966
- STEPHEN PAUL ALSTEDPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- DENNIS ARNOLD MAYCaptain · April 29, 1966
- WILLIAM FREDRICK FREESTONEGunnery Sergeant · July 5, 1966
- JERRY LEE LEONARDISergeant First Class · July 10, 1966
- TERRY PATRICK SLOANPetty Officer First Class · November 9, 1966
- LOREN STEVEN REEVESSpecialist Four · November 11, 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.