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GREGORY EUGENE HANKINS
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
June 12, 1948 – February 23, 1969
Service recordGregory Eugene Hankins, of St Petersburg, Florida, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 23, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 31W, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31W · Line 3
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- June 12, 1948
- Home of record
- St Petersburg, Florida (Pinellas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 23, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
209 names on the Wall carry the date February 23, 1969; 83 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 31W, Line 3
- ROOSEVELT HARDY JRSergeant · February 23, 1969
- LARRY ANTHONY HARTIGANHospitalman · February 23, 1969
- ROBERT WILLARD HARTSOCKStaff Sergeant · February 23, 1969
- KENNETH RICHARD HEIFNERPrivate First Class · February 23, 1969
From St Petersburg
- PETER R COYMANStaff Sergeant · April 24, 1965
- JOHNIE KING CULBREATHSpecialist Four · May 11, 1965
- JAMES WILLIAM BARKSDALESergeant · November 6, 1965
- ARTHUR R MOODY IIISergeant · November 17, 1965
- WILLARD FRANCIS ELDERSergeant · December 27, 1965
- ROBERT CARLOS BOWMANSergeant · January 25, 1966
- MICHAEL THOMAS MURPHYPrivate First Class · June 10, 1966
- JOHN THOMAS DEMALINESergeant · August 30, 1966
- DAVID YOUNGSpecialist Four · January 7, 1967
- LAWRENCE CHRISTIAN CLAUSENSpecialist Four · February 15, 1967
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.