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DANNY DEAN HANKS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 15, 1950 – March 3, 1970
Service recordDanny Dean Hanks, of Jennings, Louisiana, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 3, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 78 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 78
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Ah-1 Attack Helicopter Repairer (67Y)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- August 15, 1950
- Home of record
- Jennings, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 3, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date March 3, 1970; five of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 77 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 78
- JAMES DEAN JOHNSONPrivate First Class · March 3, 1970
- KENNETH HARVEY KANAMANPetty Officer Third Class · March 3, 1970
- GEORGE GEOFFREY KARRSpecialist Four · March 3, 1970
- RICKY NORMAN LOWDERPrivate First Class · March 3, 1970
Same unit, same day
- PAUL DOUGLAS BRUMMETSpecialist Four · Panel 13W, Line 77
- JAMES EDWARD BURTON JRWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 13W, Line 77
- GEORGE GEOFFREY KARRSpecialist Four · Panel 13W, Line 78
- RICHARD VICTOR PAWLAKChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 13W, Line 79
- JARED BRUCE WALDINGWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 13W, Line 80
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.