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GEORGE BARKER HAMILTON
First Lieutenant · U.S. Air Force
July 27, 1944 – October 16, 1968
Service recordGeorge Barker Hamilton, of Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on October 16, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 41W, Line 66 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41W · Line 66
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. Air Force
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Born
- July 27, 1944
- Home of record
- Swarthmore, Pennsylvania (Delaware County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 16, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date October 16, 1968; two of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 41W, Line 66
- JAMES ALLEN CROWLEY IIFirst Lieutenant · October 16, 1968
- RICHARD NICHOL DEANGELISPrivate First Class · October 16, 1968
- JERRY ALLEN DILLARDSpecialist Four · October 16, 1968
- DAVID JAMES LEVIERPrivate First Class · October 16, 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.