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ROCKY WADE HANNA
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
April 19, 1950 – January 11, 1969
Service recordRocky Wade Hanna, of Addy, Washington, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 11, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 70 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 70
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Cannoneer (0811)
- Born
- April 19, 1950
- Home of record
- Addy, Washington (Stevens County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 11, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date January 11, 1969; he was the only one lost in Quảng Trị Province that day. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 35W, Line 70
- CHARLES KEITH DAYSpecialist Four · January 11, 1969
- CLYDE LEROY DICKASONSpecialist Four · January 11, 1969
- IRINEO GUEVARAPrivate First Class · January 11, 1969
- DENNIS HAROLD HAYNESPrivate First Class · January 11, 1969
From Addy
- ROBERT BRENDEN CRANESpecialist Four · October 26, 1967
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.