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CARL VALENTINE HANSEN
Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
August 18, 1945 – September 24, 1968
Service recordCarl Valentine Hansen, of Cleveland Heights, Ohio, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on September 24, 1968, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 42W, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42W · Line 36
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- August 18, 1945
- Home of record
- Cleveland Heights, Ohio (Cuyahoga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 24, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date September 24, 1968. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 42W, Line 36
- ROGER LEE JOHNSON JRFirst Lieutenant · September 28, 1968
- JOHN ROBERT KLOTZSpecialist Four · September 28, 1968
- JOSEPH DARRELL LILLYPetty Officer Second Class · September 28, 1968
- DAN BAKER NORTONPetty Officer First Class · September 28, 1968
- RONNIE LOUIS POUNDSSpecialist Four · September 28, 1968
From Cleveland Heights
- RICHARD GEORGE THOMASSergeant · February 12, 1966
- HOWARD DENNIS WEISSSpecialist Four · May 4, 1966
- BRIAN DALE CLARKSergeant · October 10, 1966
- RONALD S BAGENSpecialist Five · February 11, 1968
- ROBERT NELSON BURROUGHSPrivate First Class · July 8, 1968
- RICHARD COBB THUMLieutenant (junior grade) · November 25, 1968
- LIBERO CHARLES HANDELSergeant · September 1, 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.