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RICHARD DAVID HENSLEY
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
June 20, 1946 – October 11, 1966
Service recordRichard David Hensley, of Meriden, Connecticut, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 11, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 66 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 66
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- June 20, 1946
- Home of record
- Meriden, Connecticut (New Haven County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 11, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date October 11, 1966; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 66
- LARRY ROGERS BILLIEPrivate First Class · October 11, 1966
- LELAND EMANUEL HAMMONDLance Corporal · October 11, 1966
- ALFRED AUGUST KASPAULSergeant · October 11, 1966
- RONALD DARRELL MILLERPrivate First Class · October 11, 1966
From Meriden
- MICHAEL LOUIS CHMURACorporal · October 17, 1965
- PATRICK WILLMER KINGSpecialist Four · December 5, 1965
- GERALD LEVYSpecialist Five · January 2, 1966
- EARL JOHN BAUCHMANNMaster Sergeant · September 19, 1966
- JOHN REGINALD SHONECKSenior Master Sergeant · October 18, 1966
- WAYNE ROBERT MCKENZIELance Corporal · May 26, 1967
- WALTER RAYMOND MCDONALDPrivate First Class · February 9, 1968
- EDWARD JOSEPH JUREK IISpecialist Four · March 25, 1968
- ROBERT GARRY MARXCorporal · May 27, 1968
- ROLAND ARMAND RICHARDSpecialist Four · April 8, 1969
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.