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DONALD RAY HANNA
Corporal · U.S. Army
August 20, 1946 – April 25, 1968
Service recordDonald Ray Hanna, of Scottsdale, Arizona, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on April 25, 1968, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 52E, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 52E · Line 6
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- August 20, 1946
- Home of record
- Scottsdale, Arizona (Maricopa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 25, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
53 names on the Wall carry the date April 25, 1968; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 96 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 52E, Line 6
- RONALD JAMES COLONESpecialist Four · April 25, 1968
- DENNIS WAYNE HOFFPrivate First Class · April 25, 1968
- JAMES OAKLEY JAYNESLance Corporal · April 25, 1968
- DANIEL MARTIN KELLEYSpecialist Four · April 25, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM RAUBERCorporal · Panel 52E, Line 10
- RONALD NELSON WANBAUGHCorporal · Panel 52E, Line 12
From Scottsdale
- WILLIAM CHARLES TOTHPrivate First Class · October 27, 1964
- CURTIS RAY TARKINGTONPrivate First Class · October 6, 1965
- JOHN FRANKLIN BOYCEFirst Lieutenant · August 15, 1966
- LEONARD ARVIN ENOSSpecialist Four · May 25, 1967
- WILLIAM EUGENE HAMILTONPrivate First Class · September 29, 1967
- ELGAN LEROY MOOREStaff Sergeant · December 4, 1967
- DAVID JOHN MONCAVAGEPrivate First Class · February 14, 1968
- GREGG R FOURMENTINPrivate First Class · April 3, 1968
- JACK DAVID CARTERPrivate First Class · March 25, 1969
- LOWELL STEPHEN POWERSChief Warrant Officer 3 · April 2, 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.