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CHARLES GARY HAMILTON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 3, 1947 – September 7, 1967
Service recordCharles Gary Hamilton, of Slateville, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 7, 1967, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 26E, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26E · Line 25
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- January 3, 1947
- Home of record
- Slateville, New York (Washington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 7, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
62 names on the Wall carry the date September 7, 1967; two of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 52 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26E, Line 25
- ALEXANDER GONZALESSergeant First Class · September 7, 1967
- DONALD LAVERNE GRAVESLance Corporal · September 7, 1967
- MICHAEL BRUCE HIMESPrivate First Class · September 7, 1967
- DANNY JOE HUDDYLance Corporal · September 7, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT SEWELL BARNESPrivate First Class · Panel 26E, Line 21
- ROBERT DEAN BLOUGHSpecialist Four · Panel 26E, Line 21
- ORRIN JOSEPH CASSATAPrivate First Class · Panel 26E, Line 22
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.