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PETER MYKAL HANSEN
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
April 23, 1945 – November 29, 1967
Service recordPeter Mykal Hansen, of Canton, Massachusetts, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 29, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 31E, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31E · Line 4
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Tank Unit Commander (1203)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- April 23, 1945
- Home of record
- Canton, Massachusetts (Norfolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 29, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date November 29, 1967; two of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 91 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31E, Line 4
- DONALD LEE HETTICHCorporal · November 29, 1967
- LOUIS FARR JONESColonel · November 29, 1967
- JOHN MARTIN KOVANDASpecialist Four · November 29, 1967
- JOHN PETER KURZSpecialist Four · November 29, 1967
From Canton
- ANTONIO FALCOPrivate First Class · April 30, 1969
- BRUCE JOSEPH MATTACorporal · May 13, 1969
- RUDOLPH ERNEST ARAUJOSpecialist Five · December 21, 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.