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WILLIAM FRANCIS HANNIGAN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 30, 1949 – March 24, 1970
Service recordWilliam Francis Hannigan, of New York, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 24, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 39
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- June 30, 1949
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 24, 1970
- 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
19 names on the Wall carry the date March 24, 1970; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 39
- GARY ALAN HARNEDSergeant First Class · March 24, 1970
- JOHN CHARLES HOSKENChief Warrant Officer 3 · March 24, 1970
- LARRY LEON JORDANCorporal · March 24, 1970
- DONALD WAYNE MCKEEPrivate First Class · March 24, 1970
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.