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JAMES BURL HANSARD
Captain · U.S. Army
August 4, 1941 – October 23, 1968
Service recordJames Burl Hansard, of Plainview, Texas, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on October 23, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 40W, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40W · Line 24
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Intelligence Staff Officer (G2,a2,s2) (9301)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- August 4, 1941
- Home of record
- Plainview, Texas (Hale County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 23, 1968
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date October 23, 1968; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 62 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 40W, Line 24
- ROGER KENNETH DRAKEPrivate First Class · October 23, 1968
- RICHARD LYON EDWARDSCaptain · October 23, 1968
- ERNEST ULRIC GAMELIN JRPrivate First Class · October 23, 1968
- ROBERT ALBERT HAGAN JRSpecialist Four · October 23, 1968
From Plainview
- EDWARD HAROLD FOXSecond Lieutenant · September 18, 1965
- JOHNNIE LEE FRAZIERAirman · July 29, 1967
- JIMMY DON ROBERSONPrivate First Class · November 19, 1967
- JOE PENA JRSergeant · December 15, 1967
- KENNETH LEON BLACKMONPrivate First Class · January 10, 1968
- JACK WILLIAM OSBORNSpecialist Four · April 11, 1968
- JIMMY ARDELL AWALTLance Corporal · July 22, 1968
- BILLY EDWARD YARBROUGHCorporal · August 22, 1968
- PHILLIP RANDALL PANNELLChief Warrant Officer 2 · March 14, 1969
- NORMAN CARTER SMOOTSSpecialist Four · March 25, 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.