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STEPHEN PAUL HANSON
Major · U.S. Marine Corps
January 4, 1940 – June 3, 1967
Service recordStephen Paul Hanson, of Burbank, California, served as a Major in the U.S. Marine Corps. He was lost on June 3, 1967, in Laos, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 46 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 46
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Pilot Ch-46 Qualified (7562)
- Unit (as recorded)
- HMM 165 MAG 36 1 MAW
- Born
- January 4, 1940
- Home of record
- Burbank, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- June 3, 1967
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing in action
Context · from the records
What was happening
70 names on the Wall carry the date June 3, 1967. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “HMM 165 MAG 36 1 MAW”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
He died in Laos while the air war over Laos was under way. From 1964 to 1973, U.S. aircraft bombed the Ho Chi Minh Trail and supported the war in northern Laos; many of the Americans lost over Laos were never recovered.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 46
- KENNETH ALRIC GORESergeant · June 3, 1967
- JACK EUGENE GOSS IIPrivate First Class · June 3, 1967
- JAMES ALBERT GRAHAMCaptain · June 3, 1967
- ROBERT REYES HERNANDEZLance Corporal · June 3, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JOHN GARRETT GARDNERCaptain · Panel 21E, Line 45
From Burbank
- DONALD EDWARD CLOSECaptain · May 15, 1965
- JAMES ALVIN BEENELieutenant Commander · October 5, 1966
- STEVEN DAVID FRANCISPrivate First Class · January 21, 1967
- STEPHEN DONALD PLEASANTPrivate First Class · March 21, 1967
- JAMES HERBERT FLICKINGERSpecialist Four · May 3, 1967
- WAYNE EDWIN HALSTEADLance Corporal · June 20, 1967
- RONALD REED KINGCorporal · September 21, 1967
- TERRY MICHAEL ENRIQUEZPrivate First Class · November 17, 1967
- DOUGLAS RAY JOHNSONPrivate First Class · December 13, 1967
- JACK PYEATT WILSON JRSpecialist Four · February 2, 1968
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.