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ALLAN FREDRICK HAMSMITH
Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 1, 1945 – July 22, 1968
Service recordAllan Fredrick Hamsmith, of Fairmont, Minnesota, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 22, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 51W, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51W · Line 32
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)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- May 1, 1945
- Home of record
- Fairmont, Minnesota (Martin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 22, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date July 22, 1968; 11 of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 80 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 51W, Line 32
- JOE MASON DAVISPrivate First Class · July 22, 1968
- JOHN EGBERT GREESONSpecialist Five · July 22, 1968
- ISAAC LEE HENDERSONCorporal · July 22, 1968
- LYNN ARTHUR HOFFMANFirst Lieutenant · July 22, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RONALD DALE ALBERTSONPrivate First Class · Panel 51W, Line 29
- EUGENE FESTER DAVISSpecialist Four · Panel 51W, Line 30
- JOSEPH HILLMAN IIIFirst Lieutenant · Panel 51W, Line 30
- JOE MASON DAVISPrivate First Class · Panel 51W, Line 32
- JOHN EGBERT GREESONSpecialist Five · Panel 51W, Line 32
- MACKLIN OTIS HUGHESSergeant · Panel 51W, Line 33
- GERALD KIRBYPrivate First Class · Panel 51W, Line 34
- DAVID MARK MAYMONCorporal · Panel 51W, Line 34
- GARY ANTONE MEYERSpecialist Four · Panel 51W, Line 35
- JOHN PATRICK MURPHYSpecialist Four · Panel 51W, Line 35
- JACKIE RAY POLINGSergeant · Panel 51W, Line 35
From Fairmont
- HENRY EDWARD SCHANCKLance Corporal · January 3, 1968
- EDWIN EVERETT CARSONPrivate First Class · October 21, 1968
- JEROME DAVID JORGENSONSergeant · May 15, 1969
- ROBERT HAROLD WOODSergeant · July 15, 1969
- STEPHEN JAMES HARBERSergeant · July 2, 1970
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.