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LARRY JAMES HANLEY
Major · U.S. Air Force
February 13, 1943 – November 4, 1969
Service recordLarry James Hanley, of Walla Walla, Washington, served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force. He was lost on November 4, 1969, in Laos, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 29
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Pilot (1115E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 357 TFS 355 TFW
- Born
- February 13, 1943
- Home of record
- Walla Walla, Washington (Walla Walla County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- November 4, 1969
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing in action
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date November 4, 1969. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “357 TFS 355 TFW”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
He died in Laos while the air war over Laos was under way. From 1964 to 1973, U.S. aircraft bombed the Ho Chi Minh Trail and supported the war in northern Laos; many of the Americans lost over Laos were never recovered.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
Also on Panel 16W, Line 29
- ROBERT DUANE HARRISSpecialist Four · November 4, 1969
- CLARENCE LEANEAL HOLMANPrivate First Class · November 4, 1969
- ROGER LARRY JONESLance Corporal · November 4, 1969
- CHARLES LEE KARRCaptain · November 4, 1969
From Walla Walla
- LOWELL EUGENE SCHULTZPrivate First Class · November 10, 1966
- ROBERT GERALD NALLYHospitalman · March 17, 1967
- DONALD WAYNE HARTSpecialist Four · July 31, 1967
- JAMES A NEISESSCaptain · October 2, 1967
- DAVID LE ROY MCRAEStaff Sergeant · August 31, 1968
- JAMES BRUCE COLLINSCorporal · September 25, 1968
- RONALD WAYNE BRUTSCHERCorporal · December 28, 1968
- JOHN MICHAEL SMITHCorporal · November 27, 1969
- RONALD JOE FULTONChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 31, 1970
- WILLIAM MORRIS WALMSLEYPrivate First Class · April 4, 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.