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WILLIAM JAMES HANSEN
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
April 7, 1950 – July 6, 1968
Service recordWilliam James Hansen, of Atascadero, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 6, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 53W, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 53W · Line 26
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- April 7, 1950
- Home of record
- Atascadero, California (San Luis Obispo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 6, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date July 6, 1968; eight of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 53W, Line 26
- WILLIAM RIEVES CURRYPrivate First Class · July 6, 1968
- JOHN WALTER DUNLAPSpecialist Four · July 6, 1968
- DOUGLAS PAUL FRASERPrivate First Class · July 6, 1968
- ARTHUR HARMONPrivate First Class · July 6, 1968
From Atascadero
- ROBERT STANLEY MAGUIREPrivate First Class · June 17, 1967
- TERRY DIXON RATLIFFLance Corporal · September 26, 1968
- DENNIS JOHN STANLEYSpecialist Four · January 3, 1969
- MICHAEL JAMES PADDOCKCorporal · June 28, 1969
- MARK CARL ALFORDSergeant · September 3, 1969
- ERIC ALAN BOSCHPrivate · December 27, 1969
- GARY DEAN HALLIDAYPrivate First Class · March 25, 1971
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.