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JOSEPH HENRY HANKS III
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
November 18, 1948 – December 14, 1968
Service recordJoseph Henry Hanks III, of Croydon, Pennsylvania, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 14, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 36W, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36W · Line 24
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- November 18, 1948
- Home of record
- Croydon, Pennsylvania (Bucks County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 14, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date December 14, 1968; 11 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 36W, Line 24
- OSCAR ENRIQUE SANABIAPrivate First Class · December 14, 1968
- ABRAHAM TRUJILLO-TRUJILLOSpecialist Four · December 14, 1968
- GARY ALLEN WARNERPrivate First Class · December 14, 1968
- RAYMOND DOUGLAS WEISSStaff Sergeant · December 14, 1968
From Croydon
- GEORGE HARRY JOHNSONCorporal · June 3, 1967
- FREDERICK ROBERT KUTZERSergeant · March 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.