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CHARLES HAMNER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 19, 1943 – July 31, 1968
Service recordCharles Hamner, of Birmingham, Alabama, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 31, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 50W, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50W · Line 38
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
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- September 19, 1943
- Home of record
- Birmingham, Alabama (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 31, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date July 31, 1968; two of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 50W, Line 38
- VERNON EUGENE BELCHERSpecialist Four · July 31, 1968
- LLOYD WILLIAM EVANS JRSpecialist Four · July 31, 1968
- GEORGE ALBERT GARRISONPlatoon Sergeant · July 31, 1968
- MICHEAL EDWARD RICHARDSLance Corporal · July 31, 1968
From Birmingham
- SHERMAN ELLIOT WILLIAMSSpecialist Five · July 9, 1965
- CARL WILLIAM MANNPrivate First Class · September 21, 1965
- ROBERT WARREN ALLENPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- GENE WILLIAM WILLIAMSSpecialist Five · October 12, 1965
- JAMES J HOWARDSpecialist Five · November 1, 1965
- CLEO LOCKETTCorporal · November 8, 1965
- HAROLD JAMES BATTLEPrivate First Class · November 12, 1965
- HAROLD EUGENE WATKINSLance Corporal · November 12, 1965
- CHARLES WILLIAM STOREYStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD EARL HARPERSpecialist Four · January 12, 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.