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FREDDIE JARREL HANNAH
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 16, 1947 – November 5, 1968
Service recordFreddie Jarrel Hannah, of Van Lear, Kentucky, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 5, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 39W, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39W · Line 21
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- November 16, 1947
- Home of record
- Van Lear, Kentucky (Johnson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 5, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date November 5, 1968; four of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 96 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 39W, Line 21
- KENNETH JOHN DELLSergeant · November 5, 1968
- LLOYD ROLLAND GREENEPrivate · November 5, 1968
- ARDON HALTCorporal · November 5, 1968
- DAVID ALVIN JOHNSONSpecialist Four · November 5, 1968
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES IVAN DEGRAWSergeant · Panel 39W, Line 20
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.