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WILLIAM GEORGE HASSELMAN
Chief Warrant Officer 2 · U.S. Army
March 18, 1949 – April 29, 1971
Service recordWilliam George Hasselman, of Long Beach, California, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 2 in the U.S. Army. He died on April 29, 1971, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 18
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
- Chief Warrant Officer 2 (CW2)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- March 18, 1949
- Home of record
- Long Beach, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 29, 1971
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date April 29, 1971; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In April 1971, 292 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 18
- ROBERT LESTER LONGWarrant Officer 1 · April 29, 1971
- ALBERT MCCOY JRStaff Sergeant · April 29, 1971
- DENNIS EDWARD MORGANCaptain · April 29, 1971
- PATRICK OREILLY ORRStaff Sergeant · April 29, 1971
Same unit, same day
- RONALD LEE EVANSChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 3W, Line 17
- ROBERT LESTER LONGWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 3W, Line 18
- PATRICK OREILLY ORRStaff Sergeant · Panel 3W, Line 18
From Long Beach
- PETER ANTHONY SEMMERPrivate First Class · February 11, 1965
- RICHARD GRAHAM ALLENPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- IVAN JOSEPH BROYLESSergeant · April 21, 1966
- RICHARD EYRE CROWELance Corporal · May 29, 1966
- FRANZ GERHARD PREDIGERSpecialist Four · June 30, 1966
- ANTHONY ROBERT BOSHPrivate First Class · September 7, 1966
- GERALD JOHNSONPrivate First Class · November 15, 1966
- MICHAEL PAUL MCCONAHAYPrivate First Class · November 23, 1966
- EDMOND SANMARCOSPrivate First Class · December 19, 1966
- MARSHAL LYNN HORTONSpecialist Four · December 25, 1966
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.