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ARTHUR F HAMMARSTROM JR
Lieutenant Colonel · U.S. Army
November 20, 1921 – July 24, 1965
Service recordArthur F Hammarstrom JR, of Detroit, Michigan, served as a Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Army. He died on July 24, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 43. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 43 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 43
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Lieutenant Colonel (LTC)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- November 20, 1921
- Home of record
- Detroit, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 24, 1965
- Age
- 43
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Heart Related
Context · from the records
What was happening
Two names on the Wall carry the date July 24, 1965. In July 1965, 103 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 43
- GARY LYNN DICKEYLance Corporal · July 23, 1965
- FRANCIS EDWARD GEIGERCaptain · July 23, 1965
- ROSCOE HENRY FOBAIRLieutenant Colonel · July 24, 1965
- LUDWIG PETER KOHLERPrivate First Class · July 26, 1965
From Detroit
- SAMUEL EUGENE HURDAirman Third Class · January 3, 1964
- LEO BERT ABRAMOSKICaptain · July 28, 1964
- GEORGE PAUL ZUPANCICCorporal · June 26, 1965
- MARSHALL DANIEL HOLMANPrivate First Class · July 9, 1965
- ELIAS BELL JRCorporal · July 13, 1965
- JAMES THOMAS CLARKPrivate · August 17, 1965
- BRUCE JAMES HENRICHPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- ROBERT TAGLIONESergeant · August 18, 1965
- MERRILL LAGENE LANTRYCorporal · September 2, 1965
- ERNEST LEE MILLERSpecialist Four · September 18, 1965
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.