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ANDREW LEROY HAMILTON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 29, 1946 – April 22, 1967
Service recordAndrew Leroy Hamilton, of Flushing, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 22, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 69 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 69
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- October 29, 1946
- Home of record
- Flushing, New York (Queens County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 22, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date April 22, 1967; five of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 98 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 69
- DONALD REED FIELDER IIPrivate First Class · April 22, 1967
- ALLAN PAUL FIRMNECKHospitalman · April 22, 1967
- ALEN LOUIS GARDNERPrivate First Class · April 22, 1967
- MARSHALL HOWARD ISBELLPrivate First Class · April 22, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ARNOLD LEE BROCKPrivate First Class · Panel 18E, Line 67
- JOSEPH CROSSLEYSergeant · Panel 18E, Line 68
- DUTLEY JAMESPrivate First Class · Panel 18E, Line 70
- WESLEY IRWIN PIZERPrivate First Class · Panel 18E, Line 71
- IRA ALBERT RICEPrivate First Class · Panel 18E, Line 72
- KENNETH ROY RORICKPrivate First Class · Panel 18E, Line 72
From Flushing
- WILLIAM CLAY WRIGHT JRPrivate First Class · May 23, 1966
- DAVID CLEELANDLieutenant Colonel · July 25, 1966
- LAWRENCE ANTHONY BARCKLOWAirman Second Class · November 26, 1966
- HENRY MCDONALDLance Corporal · December 11, 1966
- BENJAMIN GEORGE MOLLICAPrivate First Class · May 26, 1967
- JERALD BRUCE WEAVERCorporal · August 15, 1967
- DAVID GEORGE DUNKENBERGERFirst Lieutenant · October 8, 1967
- GREGORY GOREPrivate First Class · December 20, 1967
- FRANCIS PATRICK COXLance Corporal · January 30, 1968
- ROBERT FRANK MEGLIOLieutenant Commander · February 6, 1968
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.