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WILLIAM HARRY HAND
Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 29, 1948 – August 20, 1969
Service recordWilliam Harry Hand, of Lewisburg, Ohio, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 20, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 79 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 79
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- July 29, 1948
- Home of record
- Lewisburg, Ohio (Preble County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 20, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date August 20, 1969; three of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 29 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 79
- CARL COLEMAN HARRISPrivate First Class · August 20, 1969
- JERRY WILLIAM HILLSpecialist Four · August 20, 1969
- CHRISTOPHER A JACKSONLance Corporal · August 20, 1969
- MILTON JOHN MENDOZACorporal · August 20, 1969
Same unit, same day
- CARL COLEMAN HARRISPrivate First Class · Panel 19W, Line 79
From Lewisburg
- EDGAR WILLIAM BLANKENSHIPSpecialist Four · March 13, 1968
- EDWARD MICHAEL DENNULLSpecialist Four · July 21, 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.