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BERNARD TIMOTHY HANSEN
Corporal · U.S. Army
May 20, 1947 – June 9, 1968
Service recordBernard Timothy Hansen, of St Paul, Minnesota, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on June 9, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 58W, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 58W · Line 9
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- May 20, 1947
- Home of record
- St Paul, Minnesota (Ramsey County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 9, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
58 names on the Wall carry the date June 9, 1968; nine of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 74 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 58W, Line 9
- ANGEL L GONZALEZ-MARTINEZCorporal · June 9, 1968
- ELMER LARRY HOLDENStaff Sergeant · June 9, 1968
- MARVIN LYNN HOUSTONLance Corporal · June 9, 1968
- PHILIP PAUL REEDCorporal · June 9, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JUAN ANTUPrivate First Class · Panel 58W, Line 5
- GARY GEORGE STEVENSONPrivate First Class · Panel 58W, Line 15
- DAVID LOREN STOEHRPrivate First Class · Panel 58W, Line 15
From St Paul
- RAYMOND CHARLES WILDEChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 11, 1963
- DAVID MICHAEL HALBAUERStaff Sergeant · October 13, 1965
- JOHN CALVIN ELZY IIIPrivate First Class · November 16, 1965
- ROBERT E WALDVOGELSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- ARLIN ROGER JENSENSpecialist Four · November 19, 1965
- JOHN WALTER WILSON JRPrivate First Class · December 10, 1965
- KALE ARLAN SOLBERGPrivate First Class · February 1, 1966
- JOSEPH SAMUEL HERRONPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- DAVID JOSEPH KERNPrivate First Class · April 1, 1966
- LAVERN GEORGE REILLYColonel · May 15, 1966
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.