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JOHN JOSEPH HANLEY
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
August 4, 1948 – May 25, 1968
Service recordJohn Joseph Hanley, of Wenatchee, Washington, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on May 25, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 68W, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 68W · Line 2
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Born
- August 4, 1948
- Home of record
- Wenatchee, Washington (Chelan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 25, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
89 names on the Wall carry the date May 25, 1968; 26 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 68W, Line 2
- LONNIE JAMES GAYCorporal · May 25, 1968
- DALE EUGENE GRANTCorporal · May 25, 1968
- JAMES LOUIS HARRISPrivate First Class · May 25, 1968
- JAMES DALE HODGESPrivate First Class · May 25, 1968
From Wenatchee
- LAWRENCE ANDRE FRANKLINSergeant · October 10, 1965
- DALE LOUIS COURCHANECorporal · April 2, 1966
- MANUEL VEGA TORRESSpecialist Four · June 13, 1967
- BERT HOWARD HINSONMaster Sergeant · January 15, 1968
- STEPHEN MARK GARDNERLance Corporal · June 28, 1968
- WILLIAM CARLYLE INGRAMLance Corporal · January 22, 1969
- BEVERLY LEE BARNHARTStaff Sergeant · April 11, 1969
- GARY LEE GILLARDStaff Sergeant · May 15, 1969
- ADAM HOLMAN JRPrivate First Class · June 15, 1969
- JOHN FRANCIS MURPHYSergeant First Class · July 29, 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.