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UDO HANNIGAN
Private · U.S. Army
October 4, 1947 – April 18, 1968
Service recordUdo Hannigan, of Beverly, New Jersey, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on April 18, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 50E, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50E · Line 39
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- October 4, 1947
- Home of record
- Beverly, New Jersey (Burlington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 18, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date April 18, 1968; five of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 189 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 50E, Line 39
- GILBERT EDWARD BUCHANANSpecialist Four · April 18, 1968
- EARLIE HENRY HICKS JRPrivate First Class · April 18, 1968
- MICHAEL PETER HOUGHPrivate First Class · April 18, 1968
- TAYLOR BROOKS HOWARD JRStaff Sergeant · April 18, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT JAY HESSPrivate First Class · Panel 50E, Line 36
- STERLING G W RIDDICKSpecialist Four · Panel 50E, Line 41
- DONALD EUGENE SMRTNIKSergeant · Panel 50E, Line 42
- REGINALD WILLIAMS JRPrivate First Class · Panel 50E, Line 43
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.