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ROBERT LOYD HANSELMAN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 22, 1949 – June 17, 1969
Service recordRobert Loyd Hanselman, of Knox, Indiana, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 17, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 65 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 65
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Engineer Tracked Vehicle Crewman (12F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- April 22, 1949
- Home of record
- Knox, Indiana (Starke County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 17, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date June 17, 1969; four of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 65
- FRANCIS GERALD FRECHETTECorporal · June 17, 1969
- LARRY ALONZA GRAHAMCorporal · June 17, 1969
- CHARLES EDWARD HUNSINGERCorporal · June 17, 1969
- LARRY RAYMOND MARTINFirst Lieutenant · June 17, 1969
Same unit, same day
- FRANCIS GERALD FRECHETTECorporal · Panel 22W, Line 65
- CHARLES EDWARD HUNSINGERCorporal · Panel 22W, Line 65
- LARRY RAYMOND MARTINFirst Lieutenant · Panel 22W, Line 65
- DONALD LEE SPARKSSergeant First Class · Panel 22W, Line 69
From Knox
- GEORGE ANDREWS HOWESChief Warrant Officer 3 · January 10, 1970
- WILLIAM CHARLES PRCHLIKPetty Officer Second Class · August 6, 1970
- RONALD STEVE SHEPHERDPrivate First Class · August 28, 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.