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EARLIE C HAMILTON JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 24, 1946 – March 22, 1967
Service recordEarlie C Hamilton JR, of Long Beach, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 22, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 17E, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17E · Line 19
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- December 24, 1946
- Home of record
- Long Beach, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 22, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
53 names on the Wall carry the date March 22, 1967. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17E, Line 19
- MICHAEL BRYAN GRIMESLance Corporal · March 22, 1967
- CHARLES HARRY HABER JRSpecialist Four · March 22, 1967
- CHARLES FRANCIS HARRISONPrivate First Class · March 22, 1967
- JACOB ANDREW HORNPrivate First Class · March 22, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JOSE BENIGNO TIJERINAPrivate First Class · Panel 17E, Line 25
From Long Beach
- PETER ANTHONY SEMMERPrivate First Class · February 11, 1965
- RICHARD GRAHAM ALLENPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- IVAN JOSEPH BROYLESSergeant · April 21, 1966
- RICHARD EYRE CROWELance Corporal · May 29, 1966
- FRANZ GERHARD PREDIGERSpecialist Four · June 30, 1966
- ANTHONY ROBERT BOSHPrivate First Class · September 7, 1966
- GERALD JOHNSONPrivate First Class · November 15, 1966
- MICHAEL PAUL MCCONAHAYPrivate First Class · November 23, 1966
- EDMOND SANMARCOSPrivate First Class · December 19, 1966
- MARSHAL LYNN HORTONSpecialist Four · December 25, 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.