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MITCHEL CAREY HANSEY
Seaman · U.S. Navy
March 25, 1947 – December 14, 1968
Service recordMitchel Carey Hansey, of Scranton, North Dakota, served as a Seaman in the U.S. Navy. He died on December 14, 1968, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 36W, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36W · 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. Navy
- Rank
- Seaman (SN)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Seaman (SN)
- Born
- March 25, 1947
- Home of record
- Scranton, North Dakota (Bowman County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 14, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date December 14, 1968; two of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 36W, Line 21
- BRUCE TED GOODMANPrivate · December 14, 1968
- RONALD ROBERT HOBBSPrivate First Class · December 14, 1968
- WILLIAM KENIS HOPKINSLance Corporal · December 14, 1968
- FRANKLIN PATRICK WILLEFORDHospitalman · December 14, 1968
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.