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ULYSSES C HASSELL
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 26, 1948 – May 22, 1969
Service recordUlysses C Hassell, of Hernando, Mississippi, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 22, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 75 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 75
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)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- July 26, 1948
- Home of record
- Hernando, Mississippi (De Soto County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 22, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date May 22, 1969; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 75 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 75
- JOHNNY MANUEL CRUZSpecialist Four · May 22, 1969
- DAVID JAMES EWINGSpecialist Five · May 22, 1969
- JERRY WAYNE HESKETTSergeant · May 22, 1969
- CHARLES ALEXANDER JONESSergeant First Class · May 22, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RALPH WILSON CONNERS JRSpecialist Four · Panel 24W, Line 74
- CLOVIS LEE MAYSergeant · Panel 24W, Line 77
From Hernando
- JOE EDDIE CARTERSpecialist Four · December 23, 1967
- T Z MERRIWEATHERPrivate First Class · September 25, 1969
- MOSES EDWARD JONESPrivate · August 17, 1970
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.