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DAVID DELANY HANBURY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 4, 1947 – April 18, 1969
Service recordDavid Delany Hanbury, of Whittier, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 18, 1969, in Quang Duc Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 108 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 108
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
- Cannon Fire Direction Specialist (13E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 FIELD FORCE
- Born
- June 4, 1947
- Home of record
- Whittier, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 18, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Duc
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
47 names on the Wall carry the date April 18, 1969; he was the only one lost in Quang Duc Province that day. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 FIELD FORCE”, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 108
- HAROLD LEE ECKERT JRChief Warrant Officer 2 · April 18, 1969
- THOMAS M FITZPATRICKSpecialist Four · April 18, 1969
- MICHAEL EDWARD GORDYSergeant · April 18, 1969
- ROBERT CURTIS HERMANPrivate First Class · April 18, 1969
From Whittier
- CLIFFORD WAYNE MCROBERTSSergeant · February 7, 1966
- DAVID MICHAEL OLANDSpecialist Four · June 8, 1966
- RICHARD MIGUEL HARTNELLPrivate First Class · July 31, 1966
- DANNY RAY RUNDLEPrivate First Class · September 18, 1966
- WAYNE NORMAN CARDCorporal · February 16, 1967
- HUGO ARTHUR BOCANEGRAPrivate First Class · July 31, 1967
- ROBERT CHARLES MELENDREZSpecialist Four · November 12, 1967
- MICHAEL JOHN THIRKETTLEPetty Officer Third Class · November 26, 1967
- DANIEL ALEXANDER VERDUGOLance Corporal · December 21, 1967
- ROBERT BLAIR ENGLAND IIPrivate First Class · January 29, 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.