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THOMAS MAURICE HANKINS
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 4, 1940 – August 8, 1971
Service recordThomas Maurice Hankins, of Memphis, Tennessee, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 8, 1971, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 126 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 126
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- May 4, 1940
- Home of record
- Memphis, Tennessee (Shelby County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 8, 1971
- Age
- 31
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
Two names on the Wall carry the date August 8, 1971; he was the only one lost in Gia Dinh Province that day. In August 1971, 116 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 126
- WILLIE ROGERS WILLIAMSSpecialist Five · August 7, 1971
- JAMES RONALD BROWNSpecialist Four · August 8, 1971
- HAROLD BROWN FLYNNPetty Officer Second Class · August 9, 1971
- ARNOLD LOVINSSpecialist Four · August 9, 1971
From Memphis
- JESSE ALEXANDER GRAYSergeant First Class · June 12, 1964
- ANDREW DAYTON PARKER JRMajor · June 18, 1965
- JOHN CARLOS HARRISSergeant · July 21, 1965
- WALTER LEWIS SMITHPrivate First Class · August 19, 1965
- CLAUDE TALBERT JRPrivate First Class · October 8, 1965
- WILLIAM CLYDE HARPERSergeant · October 10, 1965
- DANIEL DAVID HARDENSergeant · November 1, 1965
- RANDLE TOM WOODSLance Corporal · November 6, 1965
- KELLY EUGENE WHITAKERPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- MELVIN FRANK FORTSpecialist Four · November 17, 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.