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Full Name
Lance Corporal Donald Imlay Bensemann
Rank Last Held
Lance Corporal
Forename(s)
Donald Imlay
Surname
Bensemann
War
Vietnam War, 1961-1975
Serial No.
41383
Date of Birth
30 October 1948
Place of Birth
Marlborough, New Zealand
Marital Status
Single
Embarkation Unit
Waiouru Cadet School
Embarkation Date
November 1967
Destination
Malaya - March 1968 Vietnam
Military Training
Waiouru Cadet School
Last Unit Served
Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment Victor 3
Place of Death
North-West Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam
Date of Death
16 November 1968
Age at Death
20
Year of Death
1968
Cause of Death
Killed in action
Cemetery Name
Omaka Public Cemetery, Blenheim, New Zealand
Memorial Name
Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 2 Hall of Memories
Biographical Notes
  • Lance Corporal Bensemann died of a gunshot wound through thorax sustained in contact with Vietcong
  • Memorial Flag - Presented to family
Description of Image
  • Portrait, Donald Imlay Bensemann
  • Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 2 Hall of Memories. Vietnam Panels names: Vietnam Names Awatere - Don
  • Hall of Memories WW2, Auckland War Memorial Museum, looking East (taken in April 1999).
Further References
  • New Zealand Ex Vietnam Services Association Inc.
  • The Vietnam Scrapbook : "The Second ANZAC Adventure
Additional Information
  • New Zealand Herald 18 November 1968 s1,p1.
  • Details of the incident Lt Cpl Bensemann was killed in appear in 'The Vietnam Scrapbook' p.203. Photographs of him appear in 'The Vietnam Scrapbook' p 83,217,228.