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RICHARD LAMAR HANNON
Corporal · U.S. Army
June 8, 1946 – April 19, 1969
Service recordRichard Lamar Hannon, of Rock Hill, South Carolina, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on April 19, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 8
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- June 8, 1946
- Home of record
- Rock Hill, South Carolina (York County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 19, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date April 19, 1969; six of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 26W, Line 8
- GAYLEN RAY GALLIONCorporal · April 19, 1969
- LARRY NEIL HARPERCorporal · April 19, 1969
- JOSEPH K HOLLINGSWORTHPrivate First Class · April 19, 1969
- GERARD VINCENT PALMACaptain · April 19, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT RICHARD BRADLEYPrivate · Panel 26W, Line 6
- HAROLD GENE BOTTOMSSergeant · Panel 26W, Line 7
- LARRY HOUSTON COOKEStaff Sergeant · Panel 26W, Line 7
- JOE GILBERT LONGORIASergeant · Panel 26W, Line 10
- ROLAND JOHN PANARESESpecialist Four · Panel 26W, Line 11
- CHARLES ELLIS THOMASSpecialist Four · Panel 26W, Line 12
From Rock Hill
- CARL E HARRISSergeant · November 15, 1965
- EARL WILLIAM FOSTER JRSpecialist Four · January 17, 1966
- DAVID TUCKERSpecialist Four · November 1, 1967
- LIBERT JAMES WELDON JRPrivate First Class · November 30, 1967
- CHARLES ELVIN MCDOWELLStaff Sergeant · February 11, 1968
- ANDREW SPRINGSPrivate First Class · March 18, 1968
- CHARLES LEWIS MORGANLance Corporal · May 31, 1968
- JESSE LEWIS ADAMSPrivate First Class · November 21, 1968
- GAROLD RAY SIMMERSPrivate First Class · February 24, 1969
- VINCENT NORVELL BANKSPrivate First Class · February 26, 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.