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JOHN LAWRENCE HASFORD JR
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 27, 1946 – July 6, 1968
Service recordJohn Lawrence Hasford JR, of Williamston, Michigan, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 6, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 53W, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 53W · Line 27
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- November 27, 1946
- Home of record
- Williamston, Michigan (Ingham County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 6, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date July 6, 1968; eight of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 53W, Line 27
- ROBERT LEE HOLLIE JRSpecialist Four · July 6, 1968
- RONALD ERNEST INGRAMCorporal · July 6, 1968
- MICHAEL JOSEPH KILDERRYLance Corporal · July 6, 1968
- THOMAS PATRICK MAHONEY IIILance Corporal · July 6, 1968
Same unit, same day
- BRANDT STEELE NEUBACHERSergeant · Panel 53W, Line 29
- JOHN LESLIE ROBERTSSergeant · Panel 53W, Line 30
- PATRICK JOHN SCOGNAMILIOSergeant · Panel 53W, Line 31
From Williamston
- JAY EDWARD FORSBERGPrivate First Class · July 2, 1967
- BERNARD JAMES MEIRNDORFPrivate First Class · October 9, 1967
- WALTER O ESTESLieutenant Commander · November 19, 1967
- RALPH EDWARD CONSAVAGEPrivate First Class · March 7, 1968
- DAVID ALLEN PENDELLCorporal · December 15, 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.