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DURWOOD MICHAEL HALLAM
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 28, 1945 – September 8, 1967
Service recordDurwood Michael Hallam, of San Antonio, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 8, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 26E, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26E · Line 35
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
- Technical Drafting Specialist (81B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- November 28, 1945
- Home of record
- San Antonio, Texas (Bexar County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 8, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date September 8, 1967. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26E, Line 35
- GARY LEWIS GILLEANSpecialist Four · September 8, 1967
- FRANCIS E GLAZEBROOK JRSergeant · September 8, 1967
- DALTON TRURO GOFFSpecialist Four · September 8, 1967
- KURT LLOYD KUHNSCaptain · September 8, 1967
Same unit, same day
- RUSSELL G GARRISONSpecialist Four · Panel 26E, Line 34
- GAYLORD LEE WESTBAYWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 26E, Line 38
From San Antonio
- JOHN DUARTEPrivate First Class · January 20, 1963
- ROBERT LOUIS RAGSDALESecond Lieutenant · June 26, 1964
- DELBERT LEE VAUGHN JRStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- ARTHUR DALE BAKERMajor · April 7, 1965
- JESSE RODRIQUEZ ACOSTAStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- RUDOLPH VILLALP HERNANDEZPrivate · July 7, 1965
- VIRGIL GALAN CRUZLance Corporal · September 28, 1965
- ROBERT WAYNE WRANOSKYCaptain · December 7, 1965
- BILLIE JACK CARTWRIGHTCaptain · December 12, 1965
- JOSE ANTONIO GUTIERREZSpecialist Four · January 28, 1966
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.