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LYLE WAYNE HANSEN
Corporal · U.S. Army
June 6, 1947 – May 12, 1968
Service recordLyle Wayne Hansen, of Steger, Illinois, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 12, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 59E, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 59E · Line 3
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- June 6, 1947
- Home of record
- Steger, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 12, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
97 names on the Wall carry the date May 12, 1968; 14 of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 115 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 59E, Line 3
- BENNIE DALESpecialist Four · May 12, 1968
- CHARLES ANTHONY GERONIMOStaff Sergeant · May 12, 1968
- ROBERT WILLIAM GOTTHARDTChief Warrant Officer 2 · May 12, 1968
- ANTONIO GUZMAN-RIOSSpecialist Four · May 12, 1968
Same unit, same day
- FRED GEORGE LOSEL JRSpecialist Four · Panel 59E, Line 7
- JOHN EARL MAGEEPrivate First Class · Panel 59E, Line 8
- JAIME ALBERT RIVERA-LOPEZSpecialist Four · Panel 59E, Line 9
From Steger
- HAROLD WAYNE MADDOXCorporal · February 24, 1967
- LOUIS LLOYD GOERSPetty Officer Third Class · April 21, 1967
- MEDFORD S HENSLEY JRSergeant First Class · August 27, 1967
- CLARENCE ALVIE MILLER JRPrivate First Class · November 6, 1967
- ROBERT MICHAEL KEENECorporal · August 25, 1968
- CLARK RUSSELL PEDERSENChief Warrant Officer 2 · February 23, 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.