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EDWARD COX HAMMERBECK
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
May 18, 1946 – August 28, 1969
Service recordEdward Cox Hammerbeck, of Arlington, Virginia, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 28, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 4
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
- Second Lieutenant (2NDLT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Basic Infantry Officer (0301)
- Born
- May 18, 1946
- Home of record
- Arlington, Virginia (Arlington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 28, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date August 28, 1969; five of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 4
- GERALD HILBERT SAMPSONCaptain · August 28, 1969
- PATRICK ANGELO SANTOSpecialist Four · August 28, 1969
- DAVID THOMAS SCHAFFERLance Corporal · August 28, 1969
- THOMAS EDWARD SEMANSPrivate First Class · August 28, 1969
From Arlington
- DAVID WEBSTERMajor · March 10, 1963
- THOMAS THEODORE MCLARNONSergeant · May 29, 1965
- JOHN THOMAS STICHERWarrant Officer 1 · December 6, 1965
- JOHN HENRY FULCHERPrivate First Class · September 24, 1966
- KEITH ALLEN CAMPBELLSpecialist Four · February 8, 1967
- JAMES DOHERTY HUNTERFirst Lieutenant · February 21, 1967
- GEORGE ELLIS BYRDPrivate First Class · February 26, 1967
- ROBERT HENRY OSBORN JONESAirman First Class · February 27, 1967
- LEROY PRESTON BOHRERMajor · March 9, 1967
- ANDREW THOMAS CASTELDASpecialist Four · March 12, 1967
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.