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DENNIS FRANCIS HAHN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 24, 1947 – February 18, 1968
Service recordDennis Francis Hahn, of Olney, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 18, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 40E, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40E · Line 6
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- January 24, 1947
- Home of record
- Olney, Illinois (Richland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 18, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
85 names on the Wall carry the date February 18, 1968; he was the only one lost in Hua Nghia Province that day. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 232 of its members that month.
He died in Hua Nghia Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 40E, Line 6
- LAWRENCE EVERETT HAMESLance Corporal · February 18, 1968
- RICHARD MARK HAMMONDSpecialist Four · February 18, 1968
- JAMES PHILLIP HARKANSONPrivate · February 18, 1968
- DAVID WILLIAM HECKSergeant · February 18, 1968
Same unit, same day
- LUKAS JOHN VENTLINESpecialist Four · Panel 40E, Line 15
From Olney
- DAVID EDWARD MILLERWarrant Officer 1 · April 18, 1964
- ROBERT MILTON CRAVENS JRSpecialist Four · August 16, 1968
- TROIT DONOVAN FREELANDLieutenant Colonel · August 13, 1970
- ROBERT JAMES ROGERSSpecialist Five · February 6, 1971
- MICHAEL JOSEPH KNOXStaff Sergeant · July 7, 1971
- DANIEL VERNOR BORAH JRLieutenant · September 24, 1972
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.