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BERNARD HAMLET JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 30, 1947 – May 17, 1969
Service recordBernard Hamlet JR, of Gary, Indiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 17, 1969, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 30
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
- Medical Equipment Repairer (91A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- April 30, 1947
- Home of record
- Gary, Indiana (Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 17, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date May 17, 1969; two of them were lost in Long Khanh Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 120 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 30
- JOHN RALPH FRONGILLOWarrant Officer 1 · May 17, 1969
- HERBERT LYMAN GAYPrivate First Class · May 17, 1969
- LARRY GRACEPrivate First Class · May 17, 1969
- LLOYD E HANDSHUMAKER JRPrivate First Class · May 17, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DAVID ALICEA-SERRANOSergeant · Panel 24W, Line 27
- FELIX ARROYO-SIERRA JRSergeant · Panel 24W, Line 27
- JOHN RALPH FRONGILLOWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 24W, Line 30
- JAMES ALBERT HULL JRSergeant · Panel 24W, Line 31
- JAMES DONALD KLUGEPrivate First Class · Panel 24W, Line 32
From Gary
- JOHN ROBERT ACKERMANPrivate First Class · November 16, 1965
- TOM WILLIE BROWNSergeant · December 4, 1965
- JACK ELSWORTH LOCKEPrivate First Class · January 27, 1966
- ROBERT LOPEZPrivate First Class · March 1, 1966
- JAMES LEE EMMARTPrivate First Class · June 20, 1966
- RICHARD WAYNE MCGEECorporal · July 1, 1966
- VICTOR MORALESPrivate First Class · August 1, 1966
- JOHN PETER SKORO JRFirst Lieutenant · September 13, 1966
- JOHN GREEN DICKERSON IIIPrivate · October 5, 1966
- ANDREW JAMES ROBERTSONPrivate First Class · November 2, 1966
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.