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FRED LEE HAMPTON
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
February 7, 1947 – May 31, 1968
Service recordFred Lee Hampton, of Houlka, Mississippi, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 31, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 62W, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 62W · Line 10
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- February 7, 1947
- Home of record
- Houlka, Mississippi (Chickasaw County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 31, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
79 names on the Wall carry the date May 31, 1968; 54 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 62W, Line 10
- RUZELL GRAYPrivate First Class · May 31, 1968
- LEROY CLAYTON HALLERPrivate First Class · May 31, 1968
- PAUL OLIVER HARMON JRPrivate First Class · May 31, 1968
- DENNIS HERRONPrivate First Class · May 31, 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.