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HAMPTON A ETHERIDGE III
Captain · U.S. Army
June 29, 1945 – July 15, 1969
Service recordHampton A Etheridge III, of Crossett, Arkansas, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on July 15, 1969, in Chuong Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 124 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 124
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- June 29, 1945
- Home of record
- Crossett, Arkansas (Ashley County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 15, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Chuong Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date July 15, 1969; he was the only one lost in Chuong Thien Province that day. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 124
- DAVID HAMILTON DUNNSpecialist Five · July 15, 1969
- LUCAS RODRIQUEZ ENRIQUEZPrivate First Class · July 15, 1969
- WILLIAM F ERICSON IIFirst Lieutenant · July 15, 1969
- JOHNNY NEIL EUTSLERFirst Lieutenant · July 15, 1969
From Crossett
- CHARLES EDWARD BOSTONSpecialist Four · December 10, 1965
- WILLIE VANN GOREESpecialist Four · October 17, 1967
- PAUL ALVIN HARRISONCorporal · May 2, 1968
- JOHN WAYNE GREENECorporal · July 4, 1968
- ROY TOM TABLERCaptain · December 27, 1972
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.