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STANLEY RAYMOND HANSEN
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
April 6, 1947 – May 21, 1970
Service recordStanley Raymond Hansen, of West Bend, Wisconsin, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on May 21, 1970, in Tuyen Duc Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 75 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 75
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Fuel And Electrical Systems Repairer (63G)
- Unit (as recorded)
- D CO 815 ENG BN USARV
- Born
- April 6, 1947
- Home of record
- West Bend, Wisconsin (Washington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 21, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Tuyen Duc
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date May 21, 1970; two of them were lost in Tuyen Duc Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “D CO 815 ENG BN USARV”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 75
- CHARLES HORTON EUBANKSpecialist Four · May 21, 1970
- ROBERT EDWARD GORSKEWarrant Officer 1 · May 21, 1970
- THOMAS ANTHONY GOWERSSpecialist Four · May 21, 1970
- LEONARD THOMAS HIGDONCaptain · May 21, 1970
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS ANTHONY GOWERSSpecialist Four · Panel 10W, Line 75
From West Bend
- GEROLD SCHAEFFERPrivate First Class · June 10, 1966
- GLENN FREDRICK DEANSergeant · August 27, 1968
- THOMAS HARRY CROOKPrivate First Class · February 23, 1969
- JOSEPH BERNARD MUELLERSergeant · March 21, 1970
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.