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JOHN ALBERT HANCOCK
Corporal · U.S. Army
May 19, 1947 – December 8, 1969
Service recordJohn Albert Hancock, of Flemington, New Jersey, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on December 8, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 38
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- May 19, 1947
- Home of record
- Flemington, New Jersey (Hunterdon County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 8, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date December 8, 1969; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 38
- JIMMY LEE FOMBYPrivate First Class · December 8, 1969
- JOSEPH EDWARD HARDEEPrivate First Class · December 8, 1969
- ROBERT LEE HATCHERSpecialist Four · December 8, 1969
- RANDALL BRUCE MILLERPrivate First Class · December 8, 1969
Same unit, same day
- FLOYD G TALLEYSpecialist Five · Panel 15W, Line 40
From Flemington
- GREGORY THOMAS BUCZYNSKIPrivate First Class · June 10, 1966
- ANDREW FEDORPrivate First Class · March 16, 1967
- MICHAEL RICHARD BALDWINSergeant · September 12, 1968
- FRED JOSEPH ZYCKSergeant · June 11, 1969
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.