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LOWELL C HANSEN
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
September 20, 1932 – August 6, 1967
Service recordLowell C Hansen, of Dothan, Alabama, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on August 6, 1967, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 34. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 83 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 83
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- September 20, 1932
- Home of record
- Dothan, Alabama (Houston County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 6, 1967
- Age
- 34
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date August 6, 1967; two of them were lost in Khanh Hoa Province. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 24E, Line 83
- DONALD RICHARD KEMMERERMajor · August 6, 1967
- BOBBY RAY MEFFORDLance Corporal · August 6, 1967
- FRANCIS MICHAEL MICHINOKPrivate First Class · August 6, 1967
- DARYL L MILLERWarrant Officer 1 · August 6, 1967
From Dothan
- RUSSELL WILFORD KISTLERChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 12, 1966
- RANDLE KINNEYPrivate First Class · November 9, 1966
- CHARLES WALKER FORDPrivate First Class · April 6, 1967
- HURLEY ALVIN SMITHLance Corporal · February 2, 1968
- JEFFERY ALLEN YERIONPrivate First Class · May 4, 1968
- ERNEST LEE ELLIOTTSpecialist Four · June 20, 1968
- WILLIAM ROBERT GREGORYSpecialist Five · June 9, 1969
- ROBERT THOMAS WILSONCaptain · October 16, 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.