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DANNY LEROY HANSON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 21, 1946 – March 8, 1969
Service recordDanny Leroy Hanson, of Stirum, North Dakota, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 8, 1969, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 30W, Line 75 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30W · Line 75
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- August 21, 1946
- Home of record
- Stirum, North Dakota (Sargent County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 8, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
73 names on the Wall carry the date March 8, 1969; he was the only one lost in Long An Province that day. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 78 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30W, Line 75
- ROBERT EARL GRANTCorporal · March 8, 1969
- THOMAS ROBERT GREGSONSpecialist Four · March 8, 1969
- VINCENT FEJA GUERREROCorporal · March 8, 1969
- RANDALL LLOYD HARVEYSergeant First Class · March 8, 1969
Same unit, same day
- LARRY DONALD BROWNSpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 72
- WILLIE LEE BROWN JRCorporal · Panel 30W, Line 72
- CLIFTON FRED WAGNERSpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 83
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.