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EDWARD JOSEPH HAMRICK
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 8, 1948 – January 11, 1970
Service recordEdward Joseph Hamrick, of Shinnston, West Virginia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 11, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 26
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- November 8, 1948
- Home of record
- Shinnston, West Virginia (Harrison County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 11, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date January 11, 1970; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 26
- DAVID WILLIAM FELKNERSergeant · January 11, 1970
- EDDIE DANIEL GLINNENSpecialist Four · January 11, 1970
- ROBERT ALAN HARRISONPrivate First Class · January 11, 1970
- MICHAEL RAY JAMESCorporal · January 11, 1970
From Shinnston
- TEDDY RAY MOORECorporal · May 13, 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.