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JOHN WILLIAM HANSCOM
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
January 5, 1947 – March 2, 1967
Service recordJohn William Hanscom, of Reading, Massachusetts, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 2, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · 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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- January 5, 1947
- Home of record
- Reading, Massachusetts (Middlesex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 2, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date March 2, 1967; 14 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 16E, Line 2
- FORREST GOODWINFirst Lieutenant · March 2, 1967
- RICHARD SCOTT GRAHAMCorporal · March 2, 1967
- TERRY GENE HEEKINSecond Lieutenant · March 2, 1967
- THOMAS WAYNE MOORE JRStaff Sergeant · March 2, 1967
From Reading
- PETER MALCOLM BREDBURYPrivate First Class · December 3, 1965
- ROBERT JAMES CROCELance Corporal · July 15, 1966
- BRUCE CARLTON PARMELEEPrivate First Class · April 21, 1967
- ROBERT ALAN HOLTCaptain · September 19, 1968
- EDWARD ALLEN PUTNEYStaff Sergeant · May 10, 1969
- MICHAEL DENNIS HAVELSpecialist Five · June 26, 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.