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HAMILTON PAUL JR
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 17, 1938 – August 29, 1970
Service recordHamilton Paul JR, of Port Arthur, Texas, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 29, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 23
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Cannon Crewmember (13B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- November 17, 1938
- Home of record
- Port Arthur, Texas (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 29, 1970
- Age
- 31
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date August 29, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 33 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 23
- HOWARD EUGENE SATTERFIELDSpecialist Five · August 29, 1970
- LAWRENCE ELWOOD SCHEIB JRSpecialist Four · August 29, 1970
- JOHN FREDERICK SHIEFERFirst Lieutenant · August 29, 1970
- PAUL JASPER AUSTIN JRSpecialist Five · August 30, 1970
From Port Arthur
- ADAM ERNEST SIMPSON JRFirst Lieutenant · October 3, 1965
- HERBERT JAMES GABRIELPrivate First Class · December 29, 1966
- CLEVELAND KEAL JRPrivate First Class · November 19, 1967
- DANNY RAY NORTHCUTTSpecialist Four · February 2, 1968
- PAUL SCOTTPrivate First Class · March 5, 1968
- LEROY PEGROSSPrivate First Class · May 26, 1968
- RODGER DALE HEBERTPrivate First Class · June 15, 1968
- JOHN DEE POWELL JRLance Corporal · June 30, 1968
- TONY JOHN AYALAPrivate First Class · August 11, 1968
- PETER LOWELL RUSSELLSergeant · August 22, 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.