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JAMES EDWARD HANNIBAL
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
January 6, 1947 – January 26, 1969
Service recordJames Edward Hannibal, of Mountain View, California, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 26, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 84 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · Line 84
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
- Aircraft Electrical Systems Technician, Transport And Helicopter (6242)
- Born
- January 6, 1947
- Home of record
- Mountain View, California (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 26, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
47 names on the Wall carry the date January 26, 1969; 13 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 34W, Line 84
- JACKIE VERNON HENSLEYStaff Sergeant · January 26, 1969
- GARY DEAN HUMPHRIESCaptain · January 26, 1969
- DOUGLAS DUANE JANSSENCorporal · January 26, 1969
- KENNETH PAUL JOHNSONCorporal · January 26, 1969
From Mountain View
- MELVIN LAWRENCE FRONTELLAPrivate First Class · December 18, 1965
- BRENT EDEN DAVISMajor · March 18, 1966
- RANDOLPH PAUL VEDROSPetty Officer Second Class · April 13, 1966
- MERVYN DONALD TEDDSCorporal · September 4, 1967
- DONALD ROBERT KIRBY IIILance Corporal · December 27, 1967
- CLIFFORD WAYNE WALKERSpecialist Four · February 18, 1968
- FREDERICK HOWARD TAPPANSpecialist Four · August 20, 1968
- RONALD KAZUO ASADASergeant · January 10, 1969
- RONALD KELLEY WILSONSpecialist Four · April 28, 1969
- ROBERT EUGENE BACKMANCorporal · April 28, 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.