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EDWARD PAUL HANSHAW
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
October 22, 1946 – January 31, 1967
Service recordEdward Paul Hanshaw, of Corning, New York, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 31, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 100 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 100
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Radio Telegraph Operator (2533)
- Born
- October 22, 1946
- Home of record
- Corning, New York (Steuben County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 31, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date January 31, 1967; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 100
- JOHN TAYLOR FILPISecond Lieutenant · January 31, 1967
- MICHAEL THOMAS JONESPrivate First Class · January 31, 1967
- ROY ROBERT KUBLEYCaptain · January 31, 1967
From Corning
- MORRIS FREDERICK DIBBLEPrivate First Class · December 5, 1965
- JON PAUL TRAVISSergeant · January 26, 1966
- WILLIAM FRANCIS MOCKERSpecialist Four · July 10, 1968
- LARRY WAYNE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · September 11, 1968
- ROBERT LYNN HIVELYLance Corporal · June 19, 1969
- CLARK ROBERT DOUGLASSpecialist Four · November 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.