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JOHN WILLIAM HANSARD III
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
February 4, 1949 – July 15, 1968
Service recordJohn William Hansard III, of Swannanoa, North Carolina, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 15, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 52W, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 52W · Line 33
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- February 4, 1949
- Home of record
- Swannanoa, North Carolina (Buncombe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 15, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date July 15, 1968; two of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 52W, Line 33
- DONALD RAY WILLIAMSONPrivate First Class · July 14, 1968
- JAMES ARTHUR ACOSTA JRLance Corporal · July 15, 1968
- DAVID MORGAN ARNOLDPrivate First Class · July 15, 1968
- CURTIS CHARLES BROWNPrivate First Class · July 15, 1968
From Swannanoa
- RONALD LYNN HURSTPrivate First Class · May 4, 1968
- BILLY GRAY STEWARTPrivate First Class · May 9, 1968
- JAMES ONLEY WEAVERCorporal · December 11, 1968
- BRUCE CLINTON ELKINSSergeant · November 14, 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.