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JAMES PAUL HANLON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 23, 1947 – February 27, 1969
Service recordJames Paul Hanlon, of Irvington, New Jersey, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 27, 1969, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 31W, Line 80 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31W · Line 80
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- May 23, 1947
- Home of record
- Irvington, New Jersey (Essex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 27, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
59 names on the Wall carry the date February 27, 1969; he was the only one lost in Phuoc Long Province that day. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 100 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31W, Line 80
- GARY VAN HALLSpecialist Four · February 27, 1969
- THEODORE S HAMNER IIISeaman · February 27, 1969
- DAVID WILLIAM HAWRYSHKOPetty Officer Second Class · February 27, 1969
- DONALD MULLALY HORTONPetty Officer Third Class · February 27, 1969
Same unit, same day
- HENRY MADISON JRSergeant · Panel 31W, Line 82
- WILLIE LEWIS WALLACESergeant · Panel 31W, Line 85
From Irvington
- JOHN WILLIAM SCHWEYHER JRPrivate First Class · June 20, 1967
- DONALD LETASecond Lieutenant · February 13, 1968
- JOHN CHARLES HILLPrivate First Class · March 1, 1968
- FRANKLIN CHARLES ARMENTOSpecialist Four · March 15, 1968
- EUCLIDES RIVERASergeant · January 27, 1969
- JOHN KENNETH KRUEGERLance Corporal · May 8, 1969
- GREGORY MITCHELL KUTKOWSKIWarrant Officer 1 · October 18, 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.