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HAROLD MICHAEL HAMBRICK
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 13, 1917 – October 10, 1965
Service recordHarold Michael Hambrick, of Los Angeles, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 10, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 47. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 116 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 116
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- December 13, 1917
- Home of record
- Los Angeles, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 10, 1965
- Age
- 47
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date October 10, 1965. In October 1965, 236 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 27 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 116
- WILLIAM CLYDE HARPERSergeant · October 10, 1965
- HARRY EDWARD HIMMELREICHPrivate First Class · October 10, 1965
- DUANE MICHAEL NELSONPrivate First Class · October 10, 1965
- ERNEST PRESIDENTSpecialist Four · October 10, 1965
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM CLYDE HARPERSergeant · Panel 2E, Line 116
- TERRY TIM WRIGHTPrivate First Class · Panel 2E, Line 118
From Los Angeles
- JAMES WILLIAM MCNALLYTechnical Sergeant · October 23, 1963
- FRANK JOHN HOLGUINPrivate First Class · March 15, 1964
- RICHARD DEAN GOSSCaptain · August 29, 1964
- JOHN LOWERY MCCOYSergeant First Class · September 26, 1964
- JAMES HENRY MCLEANMaster Sergeant · February 9, 1965
- DWIGHT GLENN FRAKESChief Petty Officer · February 24, 1965
- AARON HAROLD WESTERNPrivate First Class · June 16, 1965
- EDWARD JAMES ANDERSPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- MAURICE RICHARD HILLPrivate · June 29, 1965
- WILLIAM WARREN HAILLieutenant Colonel · August 2, 1965
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.