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AUGUST FRANKLIN HAMILTON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 14, 1947 – July 30, 1969
Service recordAugust Franklin Hamilton, of Covington, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 30, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 76 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 76
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- August 14, 1947
- Home of record
- Covington, Texas (Hill County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 30, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date July 30, 1969; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 76
- FRANK R GILCHRIST JRPrivate First Class · July 30, 1969
- TONY HARPERFirst Lieutenant · July 30, 1969
- CORNELIUS FRANCIS HUBBARDSeaman Apprentice · July 30, 1969
- EUGENE MAJOR ROBINSONSergeant First Class · July 30, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ANGEL L RODRIGUEZ-COTTOPrivate First Class · Panel 20W, Line 77
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.