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DARRELL WAYNE HANSON
Corporal · U.S. Army
August 13, 1948 – June 2, 1970
Service recordDarrell Wayne Hanson, of Detroit Lakes, Minnesota, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on June 2, 1970, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 1
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- August 13, 1948
- Home of record
- Detroit Lakes, Minnesota (Becker County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 2, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date June 2, 1970; two of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 62 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 1
- JAMES VAL GIBSONSpecialist Four · June 2, 1970
- GARY LYN GILESStaff Sergeant · June 2, 1970
- JOSEPH MICHAEL GIUSTACorporal · June 2, 1970
- DANIEL WALLACE HARRISONCorporal · June 2, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DAVID GRAHAM CAMPBELLSergeant · Panel 10W, Line 133
- MICHAEL ALFRED RASMUSSONCorporal · Panel 9W, Line 3
From Detroit Lakes
- TERANCE KAY JENSENStaff Sergeant · July 1, 1965
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.