HM2
Eugene Scott Hancock
Born
on June 2, 1946
From GAINESVILLE, FLORIDA
Casualty was on Feb. 24, 1969
in QUANG NAM, SOUTH VIETNAM
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He was our Corpsman
I didn't know him well, he had only been in country a few days. The firefight had been going for two days before he was killed. In that two days, he cared for many wounded Marines. I wish I could have known him better, so that I could write a fitting tribute. All I can truthfully say is that when someone yelled 'corpsman up,' he didn't hesitate. He came running to where he was called. Hey Hancock! Semper Fi.
~Thomas
Smith, India 3/7~
May 24, 1999
HM2 Eugene "Doc" Hancock was a Corpsman with India 3/7. He was killed in the same fierce fighting that killed my friend Tommy Price, Edward "Wolfie" Wolfendale, and several others. Doc Hancock's love for his Marines, administering aid under intense enemy fire, resulted in his being awarded the Navy Cross citation, posthumously. Doc Hancock's Navy Cross Citation is proudly displayed on the Semper Fidelis 7th Marines website.~DR
(FMF
Corpsman title by Redeye)
(7th Marines/Corpsman graphic by Vic Vilionis)