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SHELBY GLEASON HENSLEY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 2, 1946 – February 10, 1971
Service recordShelby Gleason Hensley, of Cripple Creek, Virginia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 10, 1971, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 90 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 90
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Illumination Crewman (17E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- July 2, 1946
- Home of record
- Cripple Creek, Virginia (Wythe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 10, 1971
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date February 10, 1971; he was the only one lost in Định Tường Province that day. In February 1971, 387 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 90
- GERALD JOHN TWOREKStaff Sergeant · February 8, 1971
- GREG ROY CARTERSpecialist Four · February 9, 1971
- BRUCE ARDEN CHRISTENSENCorporal · February 9, 1971
- DANIEL FRANCIS FARRELLCorporal · February 9, 1971
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.