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ROBERT GREG HANSEN
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 1, 1946 – August 7, 1970
Service recordRobert Greg Hansen, of Omaha, Nebraska, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 7, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 91 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 91
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- August 1, 1946
- Home of record
- Omaha, Nebraska (Douglas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 7, 1970
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date August 7, 1970; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 91
- RALPH BURTON MITCHELLStaff Sergeant · August 7, 1970
- PAUL VINCENT MOOREPrivate First Class · August 7, 1970
- WILLIAM MURPHYPrivate First Class · August 7, 1970
- RICHARD MORRIS SEYMORESergeant · August 7, 1970
From Omaha
- WAYNE ELLSWORTH MARCHANDStaff Sergeant · April 8, 1962
- GERALD CHARLES GRIFFINLieutenant · October 6, 1962
- PAUL RICHARD SMITHFirst Lieutenant · July 6, 1963
- HAROLD WILLIAM SHRADERStaff Sergeant · August 9, 1965
- WILLIAM DENNIS PINEGARPrivate First Class · October 6, 1965
- RICHARD RAY BIGLEYLance Corporal · November 22, 1965
- RONALD LEE GERRYPrivate First Class · January 5, 1966
- ALLEN CHARLES BAILEYLance Corporal · March 4, 1966
- MACK ROYAL SANDERSPrivate First Class · May 12, 1966
- RICHARD THOMAS PERRINCaptain · June 27, 1966
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.