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CAL THOMAS HAMMACK
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
September 13, 1949 – January 29, 1969
Service recordCal Thomas Hammack, of Sellersburg, Indiana, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 29, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · Line 14
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- September 13, 1949
- Home of record
- Sellersburg, Indiana (Clark County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 29, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date January 29, 1969; nine of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 33W, Line 14
- DENNIS CHARLES ESHLEMANPrivate First Class · January 29, 1969
- JOSEPH EDWARD GREENWELLFirst Lieutenant · January 29, 1969
- LARRY RAY HARRISLance Corporal · January 29, 1969
- ROBERT EDWIN HOLTONCaptain · January 29, 1969
From Sellersburg
- WILLIAM GARY SMITHPrivate First Class · February 21, 1968
- WILLARD SKAGGS JRSergeant · March 2, 1968
- DAVID ROBERT BEYLSergeant · July 18, 1970
- THOMAS MARTIN BARNETTWarrant Officer 1 · September 26, 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.