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ENOCH HAMPTON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 11, 1948 – September 8, 1969
Service recordEnoch Hampton, of Sarasota, Florida, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 8, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 58 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 58
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- February 11, 1948
- Home of record
- Sarasota, Florida (Sarasota County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 8, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date September 8, 1969; two of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 25 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 58
- AMBROSE H BROOKS JRSpecialist Four · September 8, 1969
- ANTHONY JOSEPH BROULLONMajor · September 8, 1969
- EDWARD LEE DAVISSpecialist Four · September 8, 1969
- THOMAS EDWARD GUYCorporal · September 8, 1969
Same unit, same day
- CLARENCE EDWARD LOWDERFirst Sergeant · Panel 18W, Line 59
From Sarasota
- HERBERT W BOOTH JRCaptain · October 15, 1962
- WILLIAM WALTER NICKERSONCorporal · August 18, 1965
- MICHAEL CAMPBELLPrivate First Class · October 14, 1965
- KENNETH D GOLDEN JRSpecialist Four · April 3, 1966
- PRUITT HENRY CHEANEYPrivate First Class · July 24, 1966
- SAMUEL J BAKERCaptain · October 23, 1966
- LAWRENCE THOMAS NERECKCorporal · March 2, 1967
- THOMAS PETER MITCHELLCaptain · March 26, 1967
- MARLIN JAMES GOODHUESergeant First Class · July 4, 1967
- WILLIAM LINDLEY CANTERLance Corporal · July 15, 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.