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THOMAS TRUETT HENSLEY
Major · U.S. Air Force
July 24, 1938 – March 17, 1968
Service recordThomas Truett Hensley, of Lafayette, Louisiana, served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force. He was lost on March 17, 1968, in Laos, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 45E, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45E · Line 11
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Pilot (1115E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 469 TFS
- Born
- July 24, 1938
- Home of record
- Lafayette, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of loss
- March 17, 1968
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing in action
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date March 17, 1968. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Laos while the air war over Laos was under way. From 1964 to 1973, U.S. aircraft bombed the Ho Chi Minh Trail and supported the war in northern Laos; many of the Americans lost over Laos were never recovered.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 45E, Line 11
- RICHARD JAMES GROOMSSpecialist Four · March 17, 1968
- DAVID LIVINGSTONE GROVESSpecialist Four · March 17, 1968
- JOHN JAMES HARRISCorporal · March 17, 1968
- LEON HENDERSONPrivate First Class · March 17, 1968
From Lafayette
- GEORGE PARKER MCKNIGHTCaptain · December 11, 1965
- ROY JAMES RICHARDPrivate · May 29, 1966
- CARROLL JAMES HEBERTPrivate First Class · November 29, 1966
- PATRICK RONALD MURPHYSpecialist Four · March 14, 1967
- RAY WESLEY RHODUSSpecialist Four · April 1, 1967
- KENNETH JOHN STUTESLance Corporal · July 5, 1967
- ARTHUR J DELA HOUSSAYE JRCaptain · January 31, 1968
- WALTER ALVIN SOUTHER IIICaptain · June 24, 1968
- HUBERT SINEGAL JRPrivate First Class · January 5, 1969
- GLENN WAYNE ROMEROPrivate First Class · January 7, 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.