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ALLEN DEWEY HANLAN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 11, 1947 – April 10, 1968
Service recordAllen Dewey Hanlan, of Cleveland, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 10, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 49E, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49E · Line 10
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- November 11, 1947
- Home of record
- Cleveland, Ohio (Cuyahoga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 10, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
53 names on the Wall carry the date April 10, 1968; 12 of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 22 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 49E, Line 10
- GEORGE NOBLE DEVERALLCaptain · April 10, 1968
- LAWRENCE WILLIAM ELLERPrivate First Class · April 10, 1968
- ALAN ROBERT GAULTSpecialist Four · April 10, 1968
- WILLIE EDWARD GLOVERPrivate First Class · April 10, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WILLIE EDWARD GLOVERPrivate First Class · Panel 49E, Line 10
- KIMMEY DEAN HOBBSSpecialist Four · Panel 49E, Line 11
- RONALD JOSEPH WOJTKIEWICZFirst Lieutenant · Panel 49E, Line 18
From Cleveland
- HAROLD E STRONG JRSergeant First Class · January 23, 1965
- KENNETH LEE DEAN JRCaptain · April 20, 1965
- BOBBY RUSSELLSergeant First Class · June 10, 1965
- THOMAS H BOTTSSergeant First Class · September 4, 1965
- LEONARD JOHN DADANTEFirst Lieutenant · September 9, 1965
- JOHN PAUL DUCHNOWSKILance Corporal · November 5, 1965
- LAVALLE ERNEST CARLTONPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- DONALD ROBERT CLARKCaptain · November 9, 1965
- DAVID LOUIS MENDOZASpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD KILLENSSpecialist Four · December 5, 1965
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.