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CLYDE WENDELL HANSON
Technical Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
January 12, 1935 – February 11, 1971
Service recordClyde Wendell Hanson, of Gadsden, Alabama, served as a Technical Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on February 11, 1971, in Ninh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 36. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 96 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 96
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
- Technical Sergeant (TSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- January 12, 1935
- Home of record
- Gadsden, Alabama (Etowah County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 11, 1971
- Age
- 36
- Province
- Ninh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date February 11, 1971; five of them were lost in Ninh Thuan Province. In February 1971, 387 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 96
- ROY LEE HELBERTCorporal · February 11, 1971
- GEORGE GLENN HUTSONSpecialist Four · February 11, 1971
- MICHAEL DONALD MCGOVERNCaptain · February 11, 1971
- CHARLES PAUL MONTROSSSergeant · February 11, 1971
From Gadsden
- RICHARD DEWAYNE BEARDENPrivate First Class · January 29, 1966
- JERRY WAYNE MCNABBCaptain · June 27, 1966
- LEWIS CECIL BARNARDSergeant · July 18, 1966
- FREDDIE BEE GLOVERPrivate First Class · August 14, 1966
- JIMMIE BRYSON DENNEYPrivate First Class · August 17, 1966
- DAVID HAROLD FREEMANSergeant · October 12, 1966
- LEWIS EDWARD MILAMCorporal · March 21, 1967
- RICKY GENE SMITHPrivate First Class · April 30, 1967
- CHARLES R LATTAMajor · August 9, 1967
- MELVIN BAKERStaff Sergeant · January 8, 1968
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.