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MARVIN JIM HANNA
Corporal · U.S. Army
January 7, 1948 – May 11, 1968
Service recordMarvin Jim Hanna, of Canvas, West Virginia, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 11, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 58E, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 58E · Line 21
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- January 7, 1948
- Home of record
- Canvas, West Virginia (Nicholas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 11, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
54 names on the Wall carry the date May 11, 1968; four of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 151 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 58E, Line 21
- WILLIE FRANK GARNERSergeant · May 11, 1968
- CALVIN LIONEL GOOCHCorporal · May 11, 1968
- DAVID DEL GRAHAMSergeant · May 11, 1968
- LARRY RAY JOHNSONSpecialist Four · May 11, 1968
Same unit, same day
- OLLIE CURTIS FREEMANCorporal · Panel 58E, Line 20
- OSCAR CONANDO GALLEGOSStaff Sergeant · Panel 58E, Line 20
- EDWARD WALKERSergeant · Panel 58E, Line 27
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.