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TOMMY LEE HANKISON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 13, 1944 – May 13, 1968
Service recordTommy Lee Hankison, of Gainesville, Florida, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 13, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 59E, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 59E · Line 22
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- June 13, 1944
- Home of record
- Gainesville, Florida (Alachua County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 13, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
101 names on the Wall carry the date May 13, 1968; six of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 103 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 59E, Line 22
- AMOS LEE FRANKLINCorporal · May 13, 1968
- DAVID ADAME GARCIASpecialist Four · May 13, 1968
- GARY JOSEPH GILINSpecialist Four · May 13, 1968
- JEFFREY WILLIAM HAERLESpecialist Four · May 13, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RALPH ROLAND BLACKSpecialist Four · Panel 59E, Line 17
- SAMUEL GERALD CONNELLYPrivate First Class · Panel 59E, Line 19
- FREDDIE LEE JONESPrivate First Class · Panel 59E, Line 24
- FRANK JOSEPH MAKUHSpecialist Four · Panel 59E, Line 26
- TIMOTHY JOSEPH NODENSergeant · Panel 59E, Line 28
From Gainesville
- VERNON THOMAS CARTER JRLance Corporal · December 10, 1965
- NOAH MORRIS KRAFTFirst Lieutenant · March 21, 1966
- JEROME CORDELL WINTERSCaptain · July 25, 1966
- LORENZO COLUMBUS MAULDENPrivate First Class · July 26, 1966
- FREDDIE LEE KLECKLEYPrivate First Class · August 10, 1966
- LINDY EDWARD HENRYStaff Sergeant · April 28, 1967
- JAMES MILTON JEFFERSONLieutenant Colonel · May 12, 1967
- AUBURN DALE MCCOMBPetty Officer Second Class · May 14, 1967
- WESLEY IRA GOSWICKSpecialist Five · May 18, 1967
- JAMES MIKEL RUNNELSAirman · July 29, 1967
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.