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CHARLES EDWARD HANN
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 9, 1949 – June 22, 1970
Service recordCharles Edward Hann, of Northfield, Ohio, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 22, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 79 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 79
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- February 9, 1949
- Home of record
- Northfield, Ohio (Summit County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 22, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date June 22, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 16 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 79
- RALPH ARNOLD GADDISSergeant · June 22, 1970
- ROBERT WILLIAM GUMBERT JRPrivate First Class · June 22, 1970
- TRACY ROY HYATTSergeant First Class · June 22, 1970
- HERMAN MOORE JRSpecialist Four · June 22, 1970
From Northfield
- ALAN PETER STRAZZANTISergeant · August 25, 1969
- TERRENCE ROY BILLINGSSpecialist Four · July 27, 1970
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.