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WILLIAM EDGAR HANCOCK
Corporal · U.S. Army
March 29, 1947 – February 7, 1967
Service recordWilliam Edgar Hancock, of Fayette, West Virginia, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on February 7, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 5
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- March 29, 1947
- Home of record
- Fayette, West Virginia (Fayette County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 7, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date February 7, 1967; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 88 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 5
- BILLY CHARLESSergeant First Class · February 7, 1967
- BOBBY JOHN JENNINGSPrivate First Class · February 7, 1967
- DWIGHT DALE JONESSpecialist Four · February 7, 1967
- THOMAS EDWARD LITHERLANDSpecialist Four · February 7, 1967
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM STANLEY MASTERCorporal · Panel 15E, Line 6
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.