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JOHN MARK HANSEN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 27, 1947 – October 13, 1968
Service recordJohn Mark Hansen, of Marshfield, Missouri, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 13, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 41W, Line 58 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41W · Line 58
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- November 27, 1947
- Home of record
- Marshfield, Missouri (Webster County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 13, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date October 13, 1968; three of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 82 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 41W, Line 58
- GERALD LEONARD EGYEDSergeant · October 13, 1968
- WAYNE CLARENCE ELLEDGEPrivate First Class · October 13, 1968
- JACK DUANE GOLDENPrivate First Class · October 13, 1968
- JERRY LEE HALPENNYCorporal · October 13, 1968
- JOSEPH LEWIS POWELL JRCaptain · October 17, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM OLEN AUSTINPrivate First Class · Panel 41W, Line 56
- BRYAN MICHAEL CHILCOTEPrivate First Class · Panel 41W, Line 57
- JACK DUANE GOLDENPrivate First Class · Panel 41W, Line 58
- PIERCE MALLORY KIMBALLSpecialist Four · Panel 41W, Line 59
- DAVID LEE LOCKARDSpecialist Four · Panel 41W, Line 59
- WILLIAM GEORGE MARTINPrivate First Class · Panel 41W, Line 60
- JOHN PETER PELLEGRINOSergeant · Panel 41W, Line 61
- AMAND RICHARD CARL SAINTPrivate First Class · Panel 41W, Line 61
From Marshfield
- WILLIAM RAY GOWERCaptain · July 29, 1966
- REX WHEELER HIGHFILLSpecialist Four · February 12, 1967
- ALAN JAMES RUDDELLSpecialist Four · May 26, 1967
- JERRY LEON PETTYSergeant · May 18, 1968
- RONALD GENE WHITE SRSpecialist Five · July 2, 1968
- JACK LAWRENCE BAGLEYFirst Lieutenant · October 27, 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.