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DONALD JERRY HANNING
Captain · U.S. Army
November 6, 1946 – September 3, 1972
Service recordDonald Jerry Hanning, of Rockwood, Michigan, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on September 3, 1972, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 71 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 71
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- November 6, 1946
- Home of record
- Rockwood, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 3, 1972
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Two names on the Wall carry the date September 3, 1972; he was the only one lost in Tây Ninh Province that day. In September 1972, 36 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
He died in Tây Ninh Province while the Easter Offensive was under way. On 30 March 1972, North Vietnam launched its largest offensive since 1968, attacking across the DMZ, toward An Lộc and into the Central Highlands. By then few U.S. ground troops remained; American advisers and air power fought alongside the South Vietnamese.
Also on Panel 1W, Line 71
- DONALD FREDRICK LINDLANDCommander · September 6, 1972
- RONALD FRANK BOEINGWarrant Officer 1 · September 7, 1972
- DONALD ARTHUR GERSTELLieutenant Commander · September 8, 1972
- ALAN PAUL AHLFIELDPrivate First Class · September 10, 1972
Same unit, same day
- FRANK GEORGE OLIVER IICaptain · Panel 1W, Line 70
From Rockwood
- GARRY WRIGHTLance Corporal · June 4, 1966
- ELWOOD CHARLES SOVEY JRPetty Officer Third Class · May 4, 1967
- JAMES EDWARD FOWLERSpecialist Four · March 11, 1969
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.