Rank: Technician Fifth Grade
Unit: 44th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron, 11th Cavalry Group (Mecz)
Awards: Purple Heart Medal
Entered service: 24-Sep-1942
Enlisted: Cincinnati, Ohio
Enlisted by: Selectees (Enlisted Men)
Date of birth: 29-May-1919
Hometown: Fatette County, Kentucky
Marital status: Married to Dorothy Wilson Hensley, one daughter: Dorothy Wayne Hensley (b. 30 Nov 1944). Mother: Claude Wright
Campaign: World War II
Date of casualty: 6-Apr-1945
Age at death: 25
Cause of death: Killed in action.
Two Blackhorse troopers died in this incident:
TEC5 Wayne Hensley
PFC Russell George Utz
Location of fatality: Minden, Germany
Place of interment: Netherlands American Cemetery and Memorial, Margraten, Limburg, Netherlands
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