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STEVEN REED HANSON
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
October 27, 1949 – September 24, 1971
Service recordSteven Reed Hanson, of Fargo, North Dakota, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on September 24, 1971, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 25
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- October 27, 1949
- Home of record
- Fargo, North Dakota (Cass County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 24, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
Two names on the Wall carry the date September 24, 1971; he was the only one lost in Quảng Trị Province that day. In September 1971, 127 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 24 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 25
- JEROME DEAN TODDSpecialist Five · September 24, 1971
- JERRY OWEN LAFAYETTESpecialist Four · September 25, 1971
- JOHN JEROME MILLER JRWarrant Officer 1 · September 25, 1971
- EMIL MAX MILTNOVICHCorporal · September 25, 1971
From Fargo
- JON ALFRED GREENLEYFirst Lieutenant · January 7, 1966
- GERALD LEE LARSONSpecialist Five · February 5, 1967
- PAUL HARVEY WOLOSPrivate First Class · April 28, 1967
- STEPHEN JOHN EICHELBERGERLance Corporal · May 16, 1967
- MURRAY DEAN VIDLERPrivate First Class · December 19, 1967
- RONALD DALE BONDMajor · March 11, 1968
- DAVID JON NESSETFirst Lieutenant · April 19, 1968
- RICHARD JAMES GAFFANEY JRCorporal · July 13, 1968
- THOMAS JOHN BEYERMajor · July 30, 1968
- WENDELL RICHARD KELLERColonel · March 1, 1969
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.