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BRUCE LYNN HANKINS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 27, 1946 – November 16, 1970
Service recordBruce Lynn Hankins, of Tempe, Arizona, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 16, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 63 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 63
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- November 27, 1946
- Home of record
- Tempe, Arizona (Maricopa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 16, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date November 16, 1970; five of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In November 1970, 347 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 63
- JAMES WILLARD F SCHELLINSpecialist Five · November 15, 1970
- COUNCIL DELANO VAUGHANStaff Sergeant · November 15, 1970
- DOUGLAS EDWARD WHITESpecialist Four · November 15, 1970
- ROBERT GEORGE DRAPPSergeant · November 16, 1970
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL KIRK JOHNSONCorporal · Panel 6W, Line 64
From Tempe
- RAMON DESCHAMPSPrivate First Class · July 18, 1966
- FRANCISCO PERAZA CHAIRASpecialist Four · October 8, 1966
- ROBERT DANIEL BENTONPrivate First Class · October 29, 1966
- JESSIE YUTZE GOMEZSergeant · December 17, 1966
- LEIGH WALLACE HUNTLance Corporal · March 24, 1967
- WARREN GAMBIEL TEDRICK JRSergeant · March 7, 1968
- CHARLES MCRAE HARDYPrivate First Class · August 16, 1968
- BUCK EDWARD ALBRIGHTLance Corporal · May 23, 1969
- ANTHONY H FIGUEROA JRPrivate First Class · June 19, 1969
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.