The Wall › Panel 32W › Florida › George Kirtland Hamilton
GEORGE KIRTLAND HAMILTON
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
December 31, 1947 – February 12, 1969
Service recordGeorge Kirtland Hamilton, of Hollywood, Florida, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on February 12, 1969, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 32W, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32W · Line 20
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.
Remember
Did you know him? Family members and friends are invited to share a photograph or a memory. Nothing is posted until it has been reviewed.
Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- December 31, 1947
- Home of record
- Hollywood, Florida (Broward County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 12, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date February 12, 1969; three of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 100 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32W, Line 20
- BILLY FRANK HARPERCorporal · February 12, 1969
- WESLEY PAUL HENDRICKSONFirst Lieutenant · February 12, 1969
- LELDON EDWIN HOCK JRPrivate First Class · February 12, 1969
- ANTONINO RUGGERISpecialist Four · February 12, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ROBERTO ACEVEDOSpecialist Four · Panel 32W, Line 18
- RICHARD D BARTHOLOMEW JRSpecialist Four · Panel 32W, Line 21
- ROBERT DALE SHOEMAKERCorporal · Panel 32W, Line 23
From Hollywood
- CHARLES JACOB BAIRSpecialist Six · January 29, 1966
- STEPHEN RANDALL KITTLEPrivate First Class · July 24, 1966
- SCOTT SIMONS MCCLOSKEYPrivate First Class · May 4, 1967
- HOWARD DUNCAN BENNETTWarrant Officer 1 · February 3, 1968
- WILLIAM THOMAS BUCKLESLance Corporal · February 6, 1968
- DENNETTE A EDWARDS IIISecond Lieutenant · February 26, 1968
- KENNETH CHARLES LOCKWOODSeaman · February 29, 1968
- WILLIS ROZELLE HALLTechnical Sergeant · March 11, 1968
- CHARLES E DAVENPORT IIPrivate First Class · March 24, 1968
- RICHARD WARREN POWELL JRPrivate First Class · April 28, 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.