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DONALD RALPH HAMRICK
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 26, 1950 – March 11, 1971
Service recordDonald Ralph Hamrick, of Shelby, North Carolina, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 11, 1971, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 38
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- January 26, 1950
- Home of record
- Shelby, North Carolina (Cleveland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 11, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date March 11, 1971; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In March 1971, 429 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 50 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 4W, Line 38
- DAVID EVERETT EASTONSpecialist Five · March 11, 1971
- WILLIAM JAMES FLOOD JRSpecialist Four · March 11, 1971
- PHILIP BRUCE HOLTZCLAWCorporal · March 11, 1971
- JOHN THOMAS LOCKHARTSpecialist Five · March 11, 1971
Same unit, same day
- GARY MARTIN COHENPrivate · Panel 4W, Line 37
- WILLIAM JAMES FLOOD JRSpecialist Four · Panel 4W, Line 38
From Shelby
- RONALD ERNEST MULLINAXCorporal · December 21, 1965
- JERRY DONALD CARTERSergeant · June 7, 1966
- JAMES HAROLD BRITTAINStaff Sergeant · March 31, 1967
- JAMES CLIFFORD PEARSONPrivate First Class · April 19, 1967
- JIMMY KEITH MORRISONPrivate First Class · May 26, 1967
- HAROLD HUGH WELCHCorporal · January 29, 1968
- ROLAND CLEMON CROSBYSpecialist Four · May 8, 1968
- JOE LOUIS LOCKHAR MCGILLLance Corporal · May 9, 1968
- WAYNE ROGER HOYLEPrivate First Class · January 31, 1969
- ERNEST FRANKLIN ELDERSLance Corporal · March 20, 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.