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EDWARD SAMUEL HAMILTON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 28, 1951 – July 21, 1969
Service recordEdward Samuel Hamilton, of Ashland, Kentucky, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 21, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 28
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Ah-1 Attack Helicopter Repairer (67Y)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- January 28, 1951
- Home of record
- Ashland, Kentucky (Boyd County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 21, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date July 21, 1969; two of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 28
- RICHARD STEVEN CLARECorporal · July 21, 1969
- ARCHIE GLENN CULVERSergeant First Class · July 21, 1969
- RICHARD ALLEN CUTLERPrivate First Class · July 21, 1969
- EDWARD MICHAEL DENNULLSpecialist Four · July 21, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JOHN ERNEST ANDERSONWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 20W, Line 27
- EDWARD MICHAEL DENNULLSpecialist Four · Panel 20W, Line 28
From Ashland
- CHARLES DONALD SENTERSPrivate First Class · January 27, 1966
- JAMES LEONARD FAINSpecialist Four · February 22, 1966
- BOBBY SENTERSStaff Sergeant · June 20, 1966
- WILLIAM CLIFFORD FRALEYSergeant First Class · July 6, 1966
- LAWRENCE EDWARD LEWISAirman First Class · May 12, 1967
- CARL PHILIP MCCORMICKSergeant · November 5, 1967
- ARTHUR JACKSON SANDERSStaff Sergeant · November 19, 1967
- JOSEPH BRUCE ROBINSONPrivate First Class · February 8, 1968
- DOUGLAS FRANKLIN LOUDENBACKPrivate First Class · March 28, 1968
- JAMES WILLIAM ALLENSpecialist Five · April 23, 1968
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.