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PATRICK KEITH HANNON
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
December 20, 1949 – June 16, 1968
Service recordPatrick Keith Hannon, of West Mifflin, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 16, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 56W, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 56W · Line 3
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Mortarman (0341)
- Born
- December 20, 1949
- Home of record
- West Mifflin, Pennsylvania (Allegheny County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 16, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
55 names on the Wall carry the date June 16, 1968; 13 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 56W, Line 3
- DAVID WILLIAM GASKINLance Corporal · June 16, 1968
- WILLIAM DAVID GROOMSSpecialist Four · June 16, 1968
- CHARLES MITCHELL HANNAHCorporal · June 16, 1968
- CLARK LEE HENSON JRSergeant · June 16, 1968
From West Mifflin
- SAMUEL DONALD AMANTEASpecialist Four · October 8, 1967
- ROBERT JOSEPH CHALLENERCorporal · January 5, 1969
- RONALD LEE HARRISCorporal · January 19, 1969
- LEROY BERNARD MUDDSeaman · June 29, 1970
- ROBERT THOMAS KISERSpecialist Four · March 10, 1971
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.