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GERALD LOUIS HAMILTON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 13, 1950 – August 5, 1970
Service recordGerald Louis Hamilton, of Spencer, Nebraska, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 5, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 84 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 84
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- August 13, 1950
- Home of record
- Spencer, Nebraska (Boyd County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 5, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date August 5, 1970; three of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 84
- JAMES K ANDERSONCorporal · August 5, 1970
- STEVEN RICHARD CAUCCIPrivate First Class · August 5, 1970
- DAVID RAMIRO DENNAPrivate First Class · August 5, 1970
- MANUEL LEVI DICKSpecialist Four · August 5, 1970
Same unit, same day
- STEVEN RICHARD CAUCCIPrivate First Class · Panel 8W, Line 84
- ROBERT JOSEPH MUELLENBACHStaff Sergeant · Panel 8W, Line 86
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.