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TIMOTHY WHARTON HANSLEY
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
August 24, 1948 – July 7, 1969
Service recordTimothy Wharton Hansley, of Rockbridge, Ohio, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 7, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 75 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 75
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- August 24, 1948
- Home of record
- Rockbridge, Ohio (Hocking County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 7, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date July 7, 1969; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 75
- RONALD JOHN HAUPTSpecialist Four · July 7, 1969
- DEWEY WILLIAM HEROYCaptain · July 7, 1969
- DONALD FRANCIS HOVANECPetty Officer Third Class · July 7, 1969
- PAUL EDWARD JOHNSONPrivate First Class · July 7, 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.