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THOMAS M HANNIGAN JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 6, 1946 – March 31, 1967
Service recordThomas M Hannigan JR, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 31, 1967, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 17E, Line 82 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17E · Line 82
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- September 6, 1946
- Home of record
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 31, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date March 31, 1967; 12 of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
He died in Tây Ninh Province while Operation Junction City was under way. Operation Junction City (22 February–14 May 1967), in War Zone C along the Cambodian border, was the largest U.S. operation of the war to that time and included the only major American combat parachute assault of the war. The casualty record gives the province and date, not the exact place, so it does not say whether he fell in the battle itself.
Also on Panel 17E, Line 82
- THOMAS MICHAEL SULLIVANPrivate First Class · March 31, 1967
- CHARLES G H SUMMERSSergeant · March 31, 1967
- JOHN ANTHONY TODIPrivate First Class · March 31, 1967
- DELBERT CHAN TOTTYPlatoon Sergeant · March 31, 1967
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD ALFRED HILLFirst Lieutenant · Panel 17E, Line 79
- MICHAEL J LAURIEPrivate First Class · Panel 17E, Line 79
- PATRICK TIMOTHY MERCIERSpecialist Four · Panel 17E, Line 80
- WILLIAM ROBERT PETERSENPrivate First Class · Panel 17E, Line 80
- JOE D STOWERSPrivate First Class · Panel 17E, Line 81
- CHARLES G H SUMMERSSergeant · Panel 17E, Line 82
- DELBERT CHAN TOTTYPlatoon Sergeant · Panel 17E, Line 82
From Philadelphia
- MEIR ENGELLieutenant Colonel · December 16, 1964
- MATTHEW N HARRIS JRMaster Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- ALLEN CONRAD HERTZFirst Lieutenant · June 6, 1965
- MILO BENETT STIBBINSSpecialist Five · June 11, 1965
- JOSEPH PATRICK GRUGANCorporal · June 26, 1965
- ROWLAND JOSEPH ADAMOLICorporal · August 18, 1965
- FRANK AMOS HENISSPrivate First Class · September 7, 1965
- EARL CHARLES WILLOUGHBYChief Master Sergeant · September 7, 1965
- WILLIAM A MITCHELL IIPetty Officer Third Class · September 12, 1965
- WILLIAM GREGORY MAURONEPrivate First Class · September 30, 1965
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.