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JESSE LEROY HANCOCK
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
November 4, 1932 – January 29, 1966
Service recordJesse Leroy Hancock, of Seattle, Washington, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 29, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 109 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 109
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- November 4, 1932
- Home of record
- Seattle, Washington (King County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 29, 1966
- Age
- 33
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
60 names on the Wall carry the date January 29, 1966. In January 1966, 401 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 4E, Line 109
- WILLIAM RICHARD HARDINCaptain · January 29, 1966
- KENNETH HERSHMANPrivate First Class · January 29, 1966
- GEORGE A HOAGLAND IIIStaff Sergeant · January 29, 1966
- CECIL J HODGSONMaster Sergeant · January 29, 1966
Same unit, same day
- FRANK NEIL BADOLATIStaff Sergeant · Panel 4E, Line 105
- EARL FREDERICK BROWNStaff Sergeant · Panel 4E, Line 106
- MARLIN CURTIS COOKSergeant First Class · Panel 4E, Line 106
- DONALD LUTHER DOTSONStaff Sergeant · Panel 4E, Line 107
- GEORGE A HOAGLAND IIIStaff Sergeant · Panel 4E, Line 109
- CECIL J HODGSONMaster Sergeant · Panel 4E, Line 109
- DONALD JAMES JACOBSENStaff Sergeant · Panel 4E, Line 110
- ELMER J REIFSCHNEIDER JRSergeant First Class · Panel 4E, Line 114
- RONALD TERRANCE TERRYStaff Sergeant · Panel 4E, Line 116
From Seattle
- RICHARD WEBB GEYERMajor · July 6, 1963
- HARRY ALLEN WALLINGSergeant · June 19, 1964
- WILLIAM ROBERT HAMLINSpecialist Five · December 8, 1964
- BERNARD WAYNE DIBBERTLieutenant Colonel · June 1, 1965
- MOON WAI LOCKSpecialist Four · June 28, 1965
- WALTER JOHN ZIMMERPrivate First Class · August 23, 1965
- ROBERT FRANKLIN BARBERLieutenant · September 18, 1965
- STEPHEN GOULD RICHARDSONLieutenant (junior grade) · November 30, 1965
- JACOB DRUMMOND LOGANLieutenant (junior grade) · December 2, 1965
- DANIEL JOHN GUILMETPrivate First Class · December 18, 1965
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.