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EUGENE ALLEN HANDRAHAN
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
July 30, 1947 – October 10, 1968
Service recordEugene Allen Handrahan, of St Paul, Minnesota, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He was lost on October 10, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 41W, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41W · Line 40
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. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- July 30, 1947
- Home of record
- St Paul, Minnesota (Ramsey County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- October 10, 1968
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- First reported
- Missing in action
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date October 10, 1968; nine of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 62 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
Also on Panel 41W, Line 40
- JONATHON JEFFREY HAWKINSPrivate First Class · October 10, 1968
- ROBERT DALE HERREIDStaff Sergeant · October 10, 1968
- HENRY JAMESPrivate First Class · October 10, 1968
- VON MILES LIEBERNECHTCaptain · October 10, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RONNIE BLAIRSergeant · Panel 41W, Line 38
- STANLEY GEORGE DENISOWSKISpecialist Four · Panel 41W, Line 39
- MICHAEL EUGENE EVANSCorporal · Panel 41W, Line 39
- ERISTEO GUTIERREZ JRSergeant · Panel 41W, Line 39
- JOHN WILLIAM ROBINSON JRSpecialist Four · Panel 41W, Line 39
- BAYNES BALLEW MCSWAIN JRSergeant · Panel 41W, Line 41
- ANGEL LUIS RAMOSPrivate First Class · Panel 41W, Line 42
- MICHAEL EUGENE RANDALL SRCorporal · Panel 41W, Line 42
- WAYMON LEON TRIGGSSpecialist Four · Panel 41W, Line 43
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.