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LEN MARTIN HANAWALD
Lieutenant Colonel · U.S. Army
September 9, 1935 – September 3, 1969
Service recordLen Martin Hanawald, of Albuquerque, New Mexico, served as a Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Army. He died on September 3, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 28
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
- Lieutenant Colonel (LTC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- September 9, 1935
- Home of record
- Albuquerque, New Mexico (Bernalillo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 3, 1969
- Age
- 33
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date September 3, 1969; two of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 28
- DAVID RUSSELL HANNAWarrant Officer 1 · September 3, 1969
- CARL PATRICK HUGHESWarrant Officer 1 · September 3, 1969
- DEAN RICHARD LANGEChief Warrant Officer 3 · September 3, 1969
- ALAN CARSON MANESSWarrant Officer 1 · September 3, 1969
- JOHN GUSTAVE WILLEMSSpecialist Four · September 3, 1969
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL MILTON COXSergeant · Panel 18W, Line 27
- NEAL DAVID EPIFANIOSpecialist Four · Panel 18W, Line 27
- GARY LEE EVANSSergeant · Panel 18W, Line 27
- CARL PATRICK HUGHESWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 18W, Line 28
- ALAN CARSON MANESSWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 18W, Line 28
- RICHARD CHARLES MILLERCaptain · Panel 18W, Line 29
- LOUIS TRENT MILLSPrivate First Class · Panel 18W, Line 29
- MARVIN EDMUND SCREENSpecialist Four · Panel 18W, Line 29
- LEROY RUTHERFORDCorporal · Panel 18W, Line 30
- BEN FREDERICK SUTTONChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 18W, Line 30
From Albuquerque
- RICHARD ELMER HAMILTONSergeant · October 6, 1962
- RICHARD EUGENE HEISTERFirst Lieutenant · June 2, 1965
- DONALD CHARLES PATCHCaptain · October 2, 1965
- LON M FLETCHERPrivate · October 5, 1965
- PEDRO PADILLASergeant · March 28, 1966
- WILLIAM LEROY WALTONPrivate First Class · April 25, 1966
- GEORGE DAYTON ADAMSSergeant · April 26, 1966
- JACOB HENRY FOWNERPrivate First Class · May 2, 1966
- JUAN DIEGO SANCHEZPrivate First Class · July 22, 1966
- BENNY SENAPrivate First Class · July 25, 1966
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.