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JOHN DAVID HANCOCK
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 9, 1947 – December 8, 1968
Service recordJohn David Hancock, of Dallas, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 8, 1968, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 37W, Line 65 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37W · Line 65
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- November 9, 1947
- Home of record
- Dallas, Texas (Dallas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 8, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- 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 December 8, 1968; he was the only one lost in Kien Hoa Province that day. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 75 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 37W, Line 65
- VICTOR HALELance Corporal · December 8, 1968
- CHARLES WILLIAM HALL JRPrivate First Class · December 8, 1968
- WAYNE DAVID HAMILTONLance Corporal · December 8, 1968
- JOHN CHARLES HARDING JRPrivate First Class · December 8, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DOUGLAS DUPREESergeant · Panel 37W, Line 62
- EDDIE DALE FOSTERPrivate First Class · Panel 37W, Line 63
- CHARLES LENET SMITHSpecialist Four · Panel 37W, Line 69
- ARMOUR DAVID WILCOX IIISergeant · Panel 37W, Line 71
From Dallas
- GLENN MATTESONSecond Lieutenant · March 23, 1961
- CONDON HUNTER TERRYCaptain · June 27, 1963
- ROBERT DONALD WALKERCaptain · April 19, 1965
- LESLIE GENE KINGLieutenant Colonel · August 1, 1965
- DAVID JOHN THOMASCorporal · August 18, 1965
- TED WAYNE QUALLSLance Corporal · August 31, 1965
- GEORGE A WESTMaster Sergeant · September 17, 1965
- JAMES LOUIS FISHERPlatoon Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JOSEPH CLINTON BRADYPrivate First Class · December 13, 1965
- RONALD GENE MCKINNEYSeaman · December 17, 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.