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HARLAN LESLIE HAHN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 31, 1947 – February 24, 1969
Service recordHarlan Leslie Hahn, of Livermore, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 24, 1969, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 31W, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31W · Line 35
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- March 31, 1947
- Home of record
- Livermore, California (Alameda County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 24, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
54 names on the Wall carry the date February 24, 1969; two of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31W, Line 35
- STEPHEN DALE FACCHINIPrivate · February 24, 1969
- LEWIS MICHAEL FORMANPrivate First Class · February 24, 1969
- THOMAS ALFRED GARMANSpecialist Four · February 24, 1969
- EDWARD MICHAEL RUDITYSCorporal · February 24, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JAMES NICKENSStaff Sergeant · Panel 31W, Line 38
From Livermore
- WILLIAM WESLEY STEWARTPrivate First Class · April 24, 1967
- RICHARD WINERFRED DUNCANCorporal · November 8, 1967
- DENNIS RICHARD PODGORNYCorporal · November 9, 1967
- RAYMOND N WEBERPrivate First Class · January 15, 1968
- LEONARD DANIEL ERICKSONPrivate First Class · April 7, 1968
- WILLIAM AUGUST OTTColonel · October 8, 1970
- JOHN CHESTER KINGSpecialist Four · November 2, 1970
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.