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EDWARD HAMILTON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 5, 1941 – May 17, 1966
Service recordEdward Hamilton, of Tampa, Florida, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 17, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 71 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 71
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Cannon Fire Direction Specialist (13E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- December 5, 1941
- Home of record
- Tampa, Florida (Hillsborough County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 17, 1966
- Age
- 24
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
62 names on the Wall carry the date May 17, 1966. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 7E, Line 71
- RANDALL JAMES CADENHEADPrivate · May 17, 1966
- ROBERT LEE FOSTERPrivate First Class · May 17, 1966
- ALLEN MORGAN GARRETTPrivate · May 17, 1966
- JOHNNY HARRISONPrivate First Class · May 17, 1966
Same unit, same day
- ARTIS WESLEY ANDERSONPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 66
- RICHARD WILLIAM BULLOCKPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 68
- WALTER L BURROUGHSPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 68
- TONY DEDMANSpecialist Four · Panel 7E, Line 69
- KENNETH EUGENE DUNCANPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 69
- FELIX ESPARZA JRPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 70
- ALLEN MORGAN GARRETTPrivate · Panel 7E, Line 71
- JOHNNY HARRISONPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 71
- RICHARD MICHAEL PATRICKSpecialist Four · Panel 7E, Line 74
- WILLIAM E WALTERSSergeant · Panel 7E, Line 77
- JIMMY LAVERNE WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 78
From Tampa
- THOMAS ISAAC LEDBETTERCaptain · June 19, 1964
- HENRY JOSEPH GALLANTMaster Sergeant · July 13, 1965
- JOHN BELL JRLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- ERICH SIMKAITISSpecialist Five · September 9, 1965
- LAURENCE MICHAEL KINGCorporal · September 28, 1965
- MACK CECIL COXSergeant · November 17, 1965
- GUY HECTOR MCCAREYMajor · November 27, 1965
- RICHIE HUMES SCHMITTLance Corporal · December 9, 1965
- JOHNNIE GRANTSpecialist Four · February 7, 1966
- ISIAH FOSTERLance Corporal · March 23, 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.