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CARLOS RANDALL HATCHER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 16, 1946 – March 2, 1966
Service recordCarlos Randall Hatcher, of Norcross, Georgia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 2, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 95 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 95
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- October 16, 1946
- Home of record
- Norcross, Georgia (Gwinnett County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 2, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date March 2, 1966. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 47 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 95
- THOMAS JEFFERSON FEARSCorporal · March 2, 1966
- MARSHALL MYRON HOLT JRCaptain · March 2, 1966
- JACK MAYNARD HOPKINSCorporal · March 2, 1966
- BARNETTE GARTRELL JENKINSPrivate First Class · March 2, 1966
From Norcross
- CHARLES M HONOUR JRLieutenant Colonel · February 18, 1966
- GRADY THACKERSergeant · April 13, 1968
- KENNETH JOHN BRITTSergeant · November 25, 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.