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CHARLES RAYMOND HAMILTON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 4, 1948 – November 25, 1970
Service recordCharles Raymond Hamilton, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 25, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 83 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 83
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Heavy Anti-Armor Weapons Infantryman (11H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- July 4, 1948
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 25, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date November 25, 1970; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In November 1970, 347 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 27 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 83
- MICHAEL NORMAN HUGHESSergeant · November 25, 1970
- FREDDIE LEWIS LOCKHARTWarrant Officer 1 · November 25, 1970
- LAWRENCE EDWARD SCOTTSpecialist Five · November 25, 1970
- LYLE DENNIS HAYESPrivate First Class · November 26, 1970
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 1965
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.