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RAYMOND CONRAD HANIK
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 16, 1950 – July 18, 1968
Service recordRaymond Conrad Hanik, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 18, 1968, in Binh Thuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 51W, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51W · Line 5
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- March 16, 1950
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 18, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Binh Thuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date July 18, 1968; three of them were lost in Binh Thuy Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 51W, Line 5
- WILLIAM EARNEST BEALL JRPrivate First Class · July 18, 1968
- JAMES WALDEN HARRIS JRSpecialist Four · July 18, 1968
- ROBERT CARL HARTLEYPrivate First Class · July 18, 1968
- JAMES GEORGE HILDEBRANDTStaff Sergeant · July 18, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ALLEN CURTIS SHELINESergeant · Panel 51W, Line 8
- KURT EUGENE WARDSpecialist Four · Panel 51W, Line 9
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 1965
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.