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GERALD QUINN HANCOCK
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 13, 1941 – February 16, 1969
Service recordGerald Quinn Hancock, of Louisville, Kentucky, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 16, 1969, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 32W, Line 43 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32W · Line 43
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 (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- December 13, 1941
- Home of record
- Louisville, Kentucky (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 16, 1969
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date February 16, 1969; eight of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32W, Line 43
- RALPH GERALD DUNNSergeant · February 16, 1969
- WILLIAM HAROLD FARVOURCorporal · February 16, 1969
- EDWIN HOWARD HARDESTY JRSergeant · February 16, 1969
- EARL FRANKLIN HOUCK JRPetty Officer Second Class · February 16, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RALPH GERALD DUNNSergeant · Panel 32W, Line 43
- HUGH RUFUS MCKINNEYCorporal · Panel 32W, Line 45
- JACK LEE RIGHTMYERSpecialist Four · Panel 32W, Line 46
From Louisville
- FERGUS COLEMAN GROVES IICaptain · February 2, 1962
- ROBERT SHERMAN MOSIERSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- DON IRA WILLIAMSONColonel · October 24, 1964
- DONALD GORDON RADCLIFFMajor · August 18, 1965
- LEE ROY JAMESGunnery Sergeant · September 5, 1965
- JERRY DWAYNE UNDERWOODPrivate First Class · September 18, 1965
- GARY LOUIS DOWELLCorporal · October 27, 1965
- THOMAS EDWARD THAYER JRSergeant Major · November 8, 1965
- BOBBY LEE FAVORSSergeant · February 4, 1966
- KENNETH RUSHPrivate First Class · February 7, 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.