Kenneth Hanna

Vietnam War
Unit5th Special Forces Group
RankSergeant Major U.S. Army
Entered Service FromScranton South Carolina
Date of DeathFebruary 7 1968
StatusRecovered
Memorialized
Courts of the Missing
Court
B
Notes
Sergeant Major Hanna was a member of Detachment A-101, 5th Special Forces Group. On February 7, 1968, he was defending his position against a combined North Vietnamese Army attack on Camp Lang Vei, South Vietnam. Sergeant Major Hanna was last seen rendering aid to a comrade. His remains were recovered on January 15, 2004 and identified on September 8, 2004. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.
rosetta medal
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