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DONALD PHILIP HAMILTON
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
February 4, 1949 – December 19, 1967
Service recordDonald Philip Hamilton, of Ellendale, Delaware, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 19, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 32E, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32E · Line 22
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
- February 4, 1949
- Home of record
- Ellendale, Delaware (Sussex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 19, 1967
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date December 19, 1967; 11 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 32E, Line 22
- WILLIAM ROBERT FURLONG JRPrivate First Class · December 19, 1967
- CALVIN ARTHUR GREENEFirst Lieutenant · December 19, 1967
- THOMAS EUGENE GRINERPrivate First Class · December 19, 1967
- LARRY ARNOLD HARKEChief Warrant Officer 2 · December 19, 1967
From Ellendale
- REGINALD WAYNE BURRISSpecialist Four · August 19, 1969
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.