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JIMMIE HANKERSON
Private · U.S. Army
August 23, 1949 – July 3, 1968
Service recordJimmie Hankerson, of Battleboro, North Carolina, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on July 3, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 54W, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 54W · Line 40
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
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- August 23, 1949
- Home of record
- Battleboro, North Carolina (Nash County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 3, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date July 3, 1968; seven of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 80 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 54W, Line 40
- JAMES EDWARD ANDREWSPrivate First Class · July 3, 1968
- RONALD LEE BELLINGERSpecialist Four · July 3, 1968
- JOHN CHARLES BILENSKIStaff Sergeant · July 3, 1968
- GREGORIO C BUSTOSCorporal · July 3, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JAMES EDWARD ANDREWSPrivate First Class · Panel 54W, Line 40
- LAWRENCE NELSON CONEYSergeant · Panel 54W, Line 41
- DILLARD RAY LAYNEPrivate First Class · Panel 53W, Line 2
- CHARLES ANTHONY MARIASergeant · Panel 53W, Line 3
- MELVIN JOHN SCHEUBLECorporal · Panel 53W, Line 5
- HAROLD RAY SILVEYSpecialist Four · Panel 53W, Line 5
- CLARENCE WALKERSpecialist Four · Panel 53W, Line 6
- RONALD KEITH WEISTERPrivate First Class · Panel 53W, Line 7
From Battleboro
- LORENZO FOXSpecialist Four · August 31, 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.