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EDWARD ROBERT HANSEN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 4, 1935 – May 31, 1966
Service recordEdward Robert Hansen, of Uncasville, Connecticut, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 31, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 128 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 128
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- November 4, 1935
- Home of record
- Uncasville, Connecticut (New London County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 31, 1966
- Age
- 30
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date May 31, 1966. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 125 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 128
- ELROY EDWIN HARWORTHSenior Master Sergeant · May 31, 1966
- NED RAYMOND HERROLDCaptain · May 31, 1966
- RONALD CHARLES KINSKYAirman Second Class · May 31, 1966
- LEONARD JOSEPH KROSHUSPrivate First Class · May 31, 1966
From Uncasville
- CHARLES J WISNIEWSKI JRPrivate First Class · June 5, 1966
- RICHARD CRAIG BROWNSpecialist Five · March 10, 1968
- MICHAEL WILLIAM CLIFFORDSpecialist Four · November 20, 1968
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.