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DAVID KENNETH HAMILTON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 2, 1949 – July 21, 1968
Service recordDavid Kenneth Hamilton, of Malden, Massachusetts, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 21, 1968, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 51W, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51W · Line 26
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- February 2, 1949
- Home of record
- Malden, Massachusetts (Middlesex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 21, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date July 21, 1968. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 51W, Line 26
- CHARLES L CALLAHAN IIIWarrant Officer 1 · July 21, 1968
- DAVID LAWRENCE GLOERFirst Lieutenant · July 21, 1968
- CHARLIE EDWARD JENKINSSpecialist Four · July 21, 1968
- BRIAN STUART KRILLPrivate First Class · July 21, 1968
Same unit, same day
- LARRY DEAN COOKPrivate · Panel 51W, Line 24
- CHARLIE EDWARD JENKINSSpecialist Four · Panel 51W, Line 26
From Malden
- JOHN F WADENPrivate First Class · November 21, 1966
- CHARLES WILLIAM ROBERTSONCaptain · January 9, 1967
- PETER MICHAEL SULLIVANPrivate First Class · February 8, 1967
- JOHN RICHARD MEUSEPrivate First Class · May 3, 1967
- EDWIN JAMES CASALETTOStaff Sergeant · May 29, 1967
- RAYMOND ALBERT GIGNACMaster Sergeant · January 19, 1968
- RODNEY ARTHUR ALFANOFirst Lieutenant · February 2, 1968
- SAMUEL JAMES RUMSON JRPrivate First Class · March 8, 1968
- DAVID EDWARD GREGOIRELance Corporal · March 20, 1968
- WILLIAM JOSE SHORTSLEEVESSpecialist Four · March 25, 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.