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ALBERT RAY HANKINS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 2, 1949 – May 8, 1971
Service recordAlbert Ray Hankins, of Powell, Tennessee, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 8, 1971, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 26
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- September 2, 1949
- Home of record
- Powell, Tennessee (Knox County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 8, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date May 8, 1971; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In May 1971, 202 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 16 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 26
- LARRY WAYNE ROTHELSpecialist Four · May 7, 1971
- GARY DUANE COCHRANSergeant · May 8, 1971
- STEPHEN FRANCIS GRAYSpecialist Four · May 8, 1971
- GARY ALLEN KIRCHNERPrivate First Class · May 8, 1971
From Powell
- GARY ALVEN GLANDONFirst Lieutenant · May 26, 1966
- CHARLES OSCAR REEDPrivate First Class · May 18, 1967
- WILLIAM ELMER HAGGARDCorporal · January 21, 1970
- LENNIS CLYDE GENTRYSpecialist Four · January 22, 1970
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.