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CHARLES WELDON HAMMOND
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 31, 1946 – June 9, 1968
Service recordCharles Weldon Hammond, of Fennville, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 9, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 58W, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 58W · Line 13
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
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- December 31, 1946
- Home of record
- Fennville, Michigan (Allegan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 9, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
58 names on the Wall carry the date June 9, 1968; nine of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 65 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 58W, Line 13
- JOHN CHARLES PENNINGTONCorporal · June 9, 1968
- PETER PEREZSpecialist Four · June 9, 1968
- ROBERT LOUIS POLKLance Corporal · June 9, 1968
- JAMES EDWARD PRINGLESergeant · June 9, 1968
Same unit, same day
- LAWRENCE FREDRICK BONDFirst Lieutenant · Panel 58W, Line 6
- PATRICK BRIAN COPPOSergeant · Panel 58W, Line 7
- WILLIAM MICHAEL DRAPERStaff Sergeant · Panel 58W, Line 7
- JOSEPH OLESON JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 58W, Line 12
- RAMON OQUENDO-GUTIERREZSpecialist Four · Panel 58W, Line 12
- LARRY EUGENE SMITHPrivate First Class · Panel 58W, Line 15
From Fennville
- BOZY GERALDStaff Sergeant · April 11, 1966
- WILLIAM LESLIE TROMPLieutenant Commander · April 17, 1966
- VICTOR JOEL CANALESPrivate First Class · June 5, 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.