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JACK DELE HANSON JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 12, 1951 – January 22, 1970
Service recordJack Dele Hanson JR, of Salt Lake City, Utah, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 22, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 57 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 57
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Bridge Crewmember (12C)
- Born
- February 12, 1951
- Home of record
- Salt Lake City, Utah (Salt Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 22, 1970
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date January 22, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 57
- PEDRO CORDOVA GARCIAPrivate First Class · January 22, 1970
- LENNIS CLYDE GENTRYSpecialist Four · January 22, 1970
- JAMES CALVIN GRAFTONSpecialist Four · January 22, 1970
- WALTER WILLIAM NUNLEY JRSergeant · January 22, 1970
From Salt Lake City
- DONALD VERNON MCGREGORCaptain · August 13, 1963
- REED GEORGE JENSENMajor · July 28, 1964
- FRANCIS JOHN DUNC DELMARKLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- DON RICHARD HOODCaptain · October 2, 1965
- WILLIAM LEE MILLERPrivate First Class · October 24, 1965
- ROBERT LEE STOKESSergeant · November 15, 1965
- ROBERT LEE CRAFTPrivate First Class · December 10, 1965
- RICHARD DENNIS PARKERSpecialist Four · January 30, 1966
- DAVID J BROADHEADPrivate First Class · February 7, 1966
- THOMAS GAVIN WALSTERLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 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.