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GARY W HANNA
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
July 29, 1948 – January 31, 1968
Service recordGary W Hanna, of Ellicott City, Maryland, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on January 31, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 36E, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36E · Line 12
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- July 29, 1948
- Home of record
- Ellicott City, Maryland (Howard County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 31, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
246 names on the Wall carry the date January 31, 1968; 28 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 110 of its members that month.
He died in Thừa Thiên Province while the Battle of Huế was under way. At Huế (31 January–2 March 1968), Marines, soldiers of the 1st Cavalry and 101st Airborne divisions and South Vietnamese troops fought house to house for 26 days to retake the old imperial capital, the longest urban battle of the war. The casualty record gives the province and date, not the exact place, so it does not say whether he fell in the battle itself.
Also on Panel 36E, Line 12
- STEVEN ALLEN GUTHRIESpecialist Four · January 31, 1968
- CHARLES EDWARD HALLSergeant First Class · January 31, 1968
- CHARLES VERNON HAMPTON JRLance Corporal · January 31, 1968
- RICHARD WALKER HARPERFirst Lieutenant · January 31, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ARCHIE BURNETTE JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 35E, Line 89
- HAROLD EDWARD CASHMAN JRSpecialist Four · Panel 36E, Line 2
- WYATT CECIL GORDONSergeant · Panel 36E, Line 4
- LLOYD ALLEN HIMESSergeant Major · Panel 36E, Line 15
- RICHARD FALCON DELGADOSpecialist Four · Panel 36E, Line 21
- WILLIAM ROBERT LEEWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 36E, Line 21
- DAVID LLOYD PARKERSpecialist Four · Panel 36E, Line 29
- DAMON LIGOURI RITCHIECorporal · Panel 36E, Line 32
- DAVID OWEN ROBERTSSpecialist Four · Panel 36E, Line 33
- CLIFTON DOUGLAS ROYCorporal · Panel 36E, Line 33
- DAVID LEE TURNERCorporal · Panel 36E, Line 40
- MELVIN JOE WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · Panel 36E, Line 42
From Ellicott City
- DAVID BURTON PEGGPrivate First Class · October 29, 1966
- HARRY SAMUEL FITEZ JRPrivate First Class · January 26, 1968
- THOMAS WOODROW MOORESpecialist Four · January 31, 1968
- RAYMOND ORITIZ NOVOSODCorporal · October 15, 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.