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CHARLES EDWARD HANCOCK
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 24, 1944 – September 10, 1969
Service recordCharles Edward Hancock, of Santa Barbara, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 10, 1969, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 64 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 64
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- June 24, 1944
- Home of record
- Santa Barbara, California (Santa Barbara County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 10, 1969
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date September 10, 1969; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 48 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 64
- LONNIE BROWN JRSergeant First Class · September 10, 1969
- DAVID THOMAS FELLOWSPrivate First Class · September 10, 1969
- GEORGE SHERMAN GOODESpecialist Five · September 10, 1969
- EDWARD CHARLES KALINAPetty Officer Third Class · September 10, 1969
Same unit, same day
- LONNIE BROWN JRSergeant First Class · Panel 18W, Line 64
- MICHAEL JOHN MCGOVERN JRSpecialist Four · Panel 18W, Line 65
- JAMES WESLEY SMITHSpecialist Four · Panel 18W, Line 65
From Santa Barbara
- WILLIAM EDWARD CORDEROMajor · June 22, 1965
- DENNIS PHILIP COOKLieutenant · April 6, 1966
- MICHAEL NOBLE CORYELLWarrant Officer 1 · October 30, 1966
- TERRY WAYNE SHALHOOBLance Corporal · December 23, 1966
- BRUCE EDWARD HOLDERMANHospitalman · December 28, 1966
- DONALD CARYL GRANEYMajor · February 24, 1967
- MICHAEL CHARLES DOMINGUEZPrivate First Class · March 16, 1967
- STEPHEN BROWNING NEALPrivate First Class · March 17, 1967
- JERRY HAROLD GEORGESCorporal · March 23, 1967
- JOHN CAREY JRCorporal · July 28, 1967
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.