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CLYDE RANDALL HAMBY
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
August 10, 1949 – May 22, 1968
Service recordClyde Randall Hamby, of Hayward, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 22, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 65E, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 65E · Line 9
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- August 10, 1949
- Home of record
- Hayward, California (Alameda County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 22, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
73 names on the Wall carry the date May 22, 1968; 28 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 65E, Line 9
- ANDRES AVALOS GONZALEZCorporal · May 22, 1968
- GEORGE GUERRA JRPrivate First Class · May 22, 1968
- JOHN HENRY HALMAN JRLance Corporal · May 22, 1968
- WILLIAM BURDICK HUGHESStaff Sergeant · May 22, 1968
From Hayward
- RICHARD C AMATOPrivate First Class · January 11, 1966
- WILLIAM RICHARD CLEMENTSLieutenant (junior grade) · October 26, 1966
- MICHAEL JOSEPH HEALCorporal · February 28, 1967
- ROBERT WAYNE SKARPHOLSpecialist Four · March 8, 1967
- DOUGLAS HUDSON MCCALLPrivate First Class · April 22, 1967
- RICHARD TYRONE BROWNPrivate First Class · April 26, 1967
- ALLEN BARTLEY RUSSELLSergeant First Class · May 20, 1967
- GERALD RUSSELL HENRYLance Corporal · July 7, 1967
- LEVAN ARLIN CHURCHLance Corporal · August 1, 1967
- SANFORD SHROUT JRLance Corporal · September 2, 1967
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.