Dennis Roger HUNSLEY

1946 - 1969  (22 years)

• Name	Dennis Roger HUNSLEY
  Birth	18 Jun 1946	Algona, Kossuth County, Iowa, USA   [1]
  Gender	Male
  _UID	99B8D863BF494E96976D05FCE32BF032AD74
  Death	15 Mar 1969	Binh Duong, Viet Nam   [1]
  Notes	Stephen Hunsley includes the following in his work on the family: AWARD OF THE DESTINGUISED SERVICE CROSS 1. TC 320. The following AWARD is announced posthumously. HUNSLEY, DENNIS R FIRST LIEUTENANT INFANTRY United States Army, Company C, 1st Battalion, 5th Infantry, 25th Infantry Division, APO 96225 Awarded: Distinguished Service Cross Date action: 15 March 1969 Theater: Republic of Vietnam Reason: For extraordinary heroism in connection with military operations involving conflict with an armed hostile force in the Republic of Vietnam: First Lieutenant Hunsley distinguished himself by exceptionally valorous actions on 15 March 1969 as a platoon leader during a night reconnaissance-in-force operation near Cu Chi. He was in charge of his company's point element when a large North Vietnamese Army force ambushed it, killing three and wounding fifteen within minutes. Lieutenant Hunsley dismounted his armored personnel carrier, which had been hit by an enemy rocket-propelled grenade, and carried two casualties to safety. Returning to his vehicle, he found that the carrier along side it had received a direct hit and he made a third and fourth trip through the communists fusillade carrying two more wounded men back to the medic. When a North Vietnamese automatic weapons position opened fire from the flank while he was organizing a withdrawal, he led an assault that silenced the emplacement, and then carried another casualty to the medic track. Remaining behind until his men had escaped, Lieutenant Hunsley climbed into a damaged armored personnel carrier and was driving it from the battle area when he was fatally wounded by an enemy rocket-propelled grenade. First Lieutenant Hunsley s extraordinary heroism and devotion to duty, at the cost of his life, were in keeping with the highest traditions of the military service and reflect great credit upon himself, his unit, and the United States Army. Authority: By direction of the President, under the provisions of the Act of Congress, approved 15 July 1963.
  Person ID	I369	Hunsley
  Last Modified	19 Mar 2014

  
  

  Father	Roger HUNSLEY,   b. 27 Dec 1924, Stilson, Hancock County, Iowa, USA d. 18 Apr 1997, Hannibal, Marion County, Missouri, USA (Age 72 years)
  Mother	Arrah Wanna Marie SCOTT,   b. 9 Aug 1927, Sioux Rapids, Buena Vista County, Iowa, USA d. 31 Jan 2004, Hannibal, Marion County, Missouri, USA (Age 76 years)
  Marriage	18 Sep 1945	Burtrum, Todd County, Minnesota, USA   [1]
  Family ID	F119	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Phyllis Jean CROSS
  Children	1. Aaron HUNSLEY
  Family ID	F124	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	13 Dec 2013

  
  

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  [S5] Stephen Hunsley, November 2013.