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JAMES PETER HASSETT
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 3, 1949 – June 5, 1970
Service recordJames Peter Hassett, of Shawnee, Kansas, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 5, 1970, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 16
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- May 3, 1949
- Home of record
- Shawnee, Kansas (Johnson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 5, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date June 5, 1970; he was the only one lost in Tây Ninh Province that day. In June 1970, 560 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 9W, Line 16
- ROBERT JOHN PODNARSpecialist Four · June 5, 1970
- EVERETT DUEL RATLIFFSpecialist Four · June 5, 1970
- CHARLES A RICHARDSONWarrant Officer 1 · June 5, 1970
- RALPH S ROUSSELL JRWarrant Officer 1 · June 5, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DAVID ALLEN MEIROSECorporal · Panel 9W, Line 15
- WILLIAM ACE BILLY MORTONSergeant · Panel 9W, Line 15
From Shawnee
- PAUL EDWARD WESTPrivate First Class · March 2, 1968
- JOHN CHARLES WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · August 11, 1969
- GARY RAY JACKSONSpecialist Four · September 8, 1969
- BENJAMIN ARNOLD NICKS IIISergeant · April 23, 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.