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DAVID A HAMMETT
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 17, 1947 – April 11, 1966
Service recordDavid A Hammett, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 11, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 100 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 100
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- February 17, 1947
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 11, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date April 11, 1966. In April 1966, 406 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 106 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 100
- DONALD WILFORD HALLSpecialist Four · April 11, 1966
- CHARLES EDWARD HARVEYPrivate First Class · April 11, 1966
- NORMAN LEVERN HAWKINSPrivate First Class · April 11, 1966
- ROBERT ALLEN JOHNSONPrivate First Class · April 11, 1966
Same unit, same day
- MARION FRANKLIN ACTONPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 96
- CARL DWAYNE BUCKLEYPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 96
- CLARENCE EDWARD BARNESSergeant · Panel 6E, Line 97
- HOWARD CALVIN BLEVINSSpecialist Four · Panel 6E, Line 97
- ANDREW J CAMPBELLPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 97
- WILLIAM HARVEY CAUSEYSergeant · Panel 6E, Line 97
- RALPH COLEMANStaff Sergeant · Panel 6E, Line 98
- JOHN ALLEN DAVISPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 98
- DONALD EUGENE DERMONT JRSpecialist Four · Panel 6E, Line 98
- DENNIS A DESCOPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 98
- PHILYAW FEEPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 99
- EUGENE GARRETT JRSpecialist Four · Panel 6E, Line 99
- EDWARD LEE GEORGEPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 99
- BOZY GERALDStaff Sergeant · Panel 6E, Line 99
- CHARLES EDWARD HARVEYPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 100
- NORMAN LEVERN HAWKINSPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 100
- ROBERT ALLEN JOHNSONPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 100
- PHILIP ALFONSO JONESStaff Sergeant · Panel 6E, Line 101
- EVERETT EUGENE LANGSTONPlatoon Sergeant · Panel 6E, Line 101
- EDWIN HARRY LEVERINGStaff Sergeant · Panel 6E, Line 101
- RICHARD JOSEPH MANLEYSergeant · Panel 6E, Line 101
- EMMITT MAYS JRPrivate · Panel 6E, Line 101
- RANDALL BOYD PRINZSpecialist Four · Panel 6E, Line 102
- CHARLES DOYLE OGLESBYSpecialist Four · Panel 6E, Line 103
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.