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WILLIAM ANTHONY HANNA
Petty Officer Second Class · U.S. Navy
February 18, 1946 – February 28, 1969
Service recordWilliam Anthony Hanna, of Ft Smith, Arkansas, served as a Petty Officer Second Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on February 28, 1969, in Vinh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 31W, Line 92 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31W · Line 92
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Second Class (PO2)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Boatswain's Mate (BM)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MOBILE RIVERINE FORCE TF 117 SQ 15 ASLT DIV 15
- Born
- February 18, 1946
- Home of record
- Ft Smith, Arkansas (Sebastian County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 28, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Vinh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
57 names on the Wall carry the date February 28, 1969; he was the only one lost in Vinh Long Province that day. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 31W, Line 92
- CARTER JOHN FREUNDCorporal · February 28, 1969
- WARREN RANDOLPH FURSEFirst Sergeant · February 28, 1969
- JERRY WAYNE GOBBOPrivate First Class · February 28, 1969
- DENNIS ALLEN GROFFPrivate First Class · February 28, 1969
From Ft Smith
- KARL EDWARD WORSTCaptain · March 2, 1966
- LEROY KOLB JRPrivate First Class · April 9, 1966
- RICHARD ALLAN MORANLieutenant Commander · August 7, 1966
- MARVIN RAY COLEPrivate First Class · February 21, 1967
- CHARLES EUGENE METCALFSpecialist Four · November 24, 1967
- DANNY RAY WESTPrivate First Class · May 1, 1968
- JOHN EDWARD RICEPrivate · July 28, 1968
- LEDELL JOHNSON JRPrivate First Class · August 4, 1968
- ELBERT JAMES SAULSSergeant First Class · March 14, 1969
- ROY ARNOLD WOMACKSergeant · March 30, 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.