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MARK JOHN HANSEN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 28, 1949 – April 26, 1969
Service recordMark John Hansen, of Reseda, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 26, 1969, in Kien Giang Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 54 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 54
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- June 28, 1949
- Home of record
- Reseda, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 26, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Kien Giang
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date April 26, 1969; he was the only one lost in Kien Giang Province that day. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 54
- CHARLES WILLIAM CHANDLERCaptain · April 26, 1969
- ROBERT JOSEPH GOEDDEPrivate First Class · April 26, 1969
- JOHNNIE LEE GRAHAM JRPrivate First Class · April 26, 1969
- JAMES EDWARD JOHNSON JRPrivate · April 26, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JOSEPH MICHAEL CORNELISONSpecialist Four · Panel 26W, Line 53
- RICHARD LYNN TURLEYWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 26W, Line 58
- ALTON DARNELL WOODRUFFStaff Sergeant · Panel 26W, Line 58
From Reseda
- ARTHUR LOREN HAWKINS JRCorporal · November 10, 1967
- PATRICK LOUIS BRUCKNERLance Corporal · April 30, 1968
- WILLIAM PAUL TOWNSEND JRPrivate First Class · May 1, 1968
- MICHAEL ANTHONY GEROMESergeant · May 7, 1968
- DAVID RICHARD BINNSPrivate First Class · May 15, 1968
- JOE RAY COURTNEY JRCorporal · May 22, 1968
- DAVID COURTNEY DAHLINSergeant · September 12, 1968
- THOMAS LEE CARTERCaptain · November 10, 1968
- STEPHEN SCOTT NIEDERHAUSESpecialist Five · February 26, 1969
- JAMES RICHARD HARRISONCorporal · March 9, 1969
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.