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CHARLES ODEAN HAMILTON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 6, 1948 – July 1, 1969
Service recordCharles Odean Hamilton, of Lake Stevens, Washington, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 1, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 41 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 41
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- May 6, 1948
- Home of record
- Lake Stevens, Washington (Snohomish County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 1, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date July 1, 1969; two of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 41
- LARRY JOE WHITECorporal · June 30, 1969
- DAVID JIM COLLINSCorporal · July 1, 1969
- RICHARD GARZA JRPetty Officer Third Class · July 1, 1969
- CORDELL GROVEPrivate First Class · July 1, 1969
Same unit, same day
- HENRY LEE STAFFORDPrivate First Class · Panel 21W, Line 43
From Lake Stevens
- STERLING DWIGHT STEADMANSpecialist Four · July 23, 1967
- JIM SILAS TRAWSpecialist Four · May 9, 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.