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MICHAEL IRVIN HANNEMAN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 25, 1944 – September 21, 1968
Service recordMichael Irvin Hanneman, of Spokane, Washington, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 21, 1968, in Darlac Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 43W, Line 54 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43W · Line 54
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- February 25, 1944
- Home of record
- Spokane, Washington (Spokane County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 21, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Darlac
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date September 21, 1968; he was the only one lost in Darlac Province that day. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 27 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 43W, Line 54
- HAROLD EUGENE FEEZELCorporal · September 21, 1968
- LAWRENCE E GARRON JRLance Corporal · September 21, 1968
- GEORGE BERNARD HESSEPrivate First Class · September 21, 1968
- THOMAS STORY JESTERSpecialist Four · September 21, 1968
Same unit, same day
- FRANCIS CHARLESPrivate First Class · Panel 43W, Line 52
- DAVID LEROY CLARKPrivate First Class · Panel 43W, Line 52
- ROBERT ALLAN LHOTASpecialist Four · Panel 43W, Line 55
- DAVID LEE WHITESpecialist Four · Panel 43W, Line 59
From Spokane
- TIMOTHY MICHAEL LANGFirst Lieutenant · August 30, 1963
- DELOSS WILLIAM ANDERSON JRPetty Officer First Class · September 8, 1964
- DUANE CHARLES SCHELLStaff Sergeant · September 18, 1965
- WALTER PIPER JRPrivate First Class · February 6, 1966
- CHARLES EUGENE ANDERSONSergeant · March 5, 1966
- MARK JEFFREY GARDELLAPrivate First Class · March 20, 1966
- WILLIAM RICHARD WESTSergeant · March 28, 1966
- WILL PAGE BARTON IIPrivate First Class · June 9, 1966
- JOSEPH RAYMOND ELLMANPrivate First Class · June 9, 1966
- RICHARD PAUL HOLIENSergeant · June 30, 1966
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.