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LYLE CLEVELAND HANSBROUGH
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 26, 1944 – March 17, 1969
Service recordLyle Cleveland Hansbrough, of Madison, Wisconsin, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 17, 1969, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 61 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · Line 61
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- February 26, 1944
- Home of record
- Madison, Wisconsin (Dane County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 17, 1969
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date March 17, 1969; four of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 22 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29W, Line 61
- ROBERT EUGENE GREENPrivate First Class · March 17, 1969
- LARRY DEE GREENHALGHPrivate First Class · March 17, 1969
- JOSEPH WILLIAM HUDSONCaptain · March 17, 1969
- VERNON DUANE JACOBSPrivate First Class · March 17, 1969
Same unit, same day
- EDWARD LEWIS CHAPPELLPrivate First Class · Panel 29W, Line 59
- LARRY DEE GREENHALGHPrivate First Class · Panel 29W, Line 61
- JAY HARRISON MANCHESTERPrivate First Class · Panel 29W, Line 63
- ROBERT JOHN REGENHARDT JRPrivate First Class · Panel 29W, Line 63
- DON SMITHSergeant · Panel 29W, Line 64
From Madison
- ROSCOE AMMERMANStaff Sergeant · October 3, 1965
- JEAN PIERRE DOWLINGLance Corporal · January 29, 1966
- MICHAEL JOSEPH BANOVEZ JRCorporal · July 18, 1966
- WILLY VASCILLE QUASTStaff Sergeant · January 7, 1967
- THOMAS ERWIN MATUSHPrivate First Class · January 12, 1967
- CHARLES JOHN THOMAMajor · January 12, 1967
- LEONARD DEAN THOMPSONSpecialist Four · April 25, 1967
- GORDON WAYNE STOFLETLance Corporal · June 29, 1967
- VERNON GENE STICHSpecialist Four · August 7, 1967
- MARK WILLARD NEUMANNSpecialist Four · August 25, 1967
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.