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BYRON MARK HANNAH
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
August 24, 1944 – October 20, 1970
Service recordByron Mark Hannah, of Cygnet, Ohio, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on October 20, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 11
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- August 24, 1944
- Home of record
- Cygnet, Ohio (Wood County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 20, 1970
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date October 20, 1970; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In October 1970, 318 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 11
- DONALD COLEMAN GAYStaff Sergeant · October 19, 1970
- GARY ROBERT CADYSpecialist Four · October 20, 1970
- ALEXANDER CAMPBELL JRSpecialist Four · October 20, 1970
- HAROLD CORNELL GAYSpecialist Four · October 20, 1970
Same unit, same day
- VINCENT R KOTARSKI JRPrivate First Class · Panel 6W, Line 12
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.