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DENNIS GORDON HANSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 12, 1945 – November 13, 1968
Service recordDennis Gordon Hanson, of St Paul, Minnesota, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 13, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 39W, Line 59 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39W · Line 59
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- January 12, 1945
- Home of record
- St Paul, Minnesota (Ramsey County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 13, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date November 13, 1968; seven of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 98 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 39W, Line 59
- JAMES ALLEN BOOTSPrivate First Class · November 13, 1968
- LOREN EUGENE ENGSTROMWarrant Officer 1 · November 13, 1968
- JAMES LEONARD EPLINStaff Sergeant · November 13, 1968
- FREDERICK M GILSINGER JRPrivate First Class · November 13, 1968
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES THOMAS HERSHEYSergeant · Panel 39W, Line 60
- JACK WALTER RICESpecialist Four · Panel 39W, Line 60
- THOMAS HENRY KLOSTERSpecialist Four · Panel 39W, Line 61
- STEPHEN MORLEY MACCALLUMSpecialist Four · Panel 39W, Line 61
- LARRY EUGENE MAYBERRYPrivate First Class · Panel 39W, Line 61
From St Paul
- RAYMOND CHARLES WILDEChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 11, 1963
- DAVID MICHAEL HALBAUERStaff Sergeant · October 13, 1965
- JOHN CALVIN ELZY IIIPrivate First Class · November 16, 1965
- ROBERT E WALDVOGELSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- ARLIN ROGER JENSENSpecialist Four · November 19, 1965
- JOHN WALTER WILSON JRPrivate First Class · December 10, 1965
- KALE ARLAN SOLBERGPrivate First Class · February 1, 1966
- JOSEPH SAMUEL HERRONPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- DAVID JOSEPH KERNPrivate First Class · April 1, 1966
- LAVERN GEORGE REILLYColonel · May 15, 1966
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.