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HARRY DAVID HAMM
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 5, 1938 – August 18, 1968
Service recordHarry David Hamm, of Hyattsville, Maryland, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 18, 1968, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 48W, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 48W · Line 42
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.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Light Vehicle Driver (64A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- June 5, 1938
- Home of record
- Hyattsville, Maryland (Prince George's County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 18, 1968
- Age
- 30
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
76 names on the Wall carry the date August 18, 1968; three of them were lost in Khanh Hoa Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 25 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 48W, Line 42
- MICHAEL DUANE HAHNPrivate First Class · August 18, 1968
- MICHAEL DAVID HALECorporal · August 18, 1968
- LLOYD HARMSPrivate First Class · August 18, 1968
- JAMES RALPH HEETERPrivate First Class · August 18, 1968
- MICHAEL CHARLES POLISKISpecialist Four · August 18, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD MARK JARVISSpecialist Four · Panel 48W, Line 43
From Hyattsville
- UWE-THORSTEN SCOBELCaptain · March 25, 1964
- JOHN QUINCY QUESENBERRYPrivate First Class · July 9, 1966
- STEPHEN MICHAEL DYDYNSKIPrivate First Class · January 21, 1967
- PAUL LEROY HARRISONPrivate First Class · April 5, 1967
- JOSEPH RAYMOND SMITHSpecialist Four · April 17, 1967
- DAVID KEITH HOLDWAYLance Corporal · May 3, 1967
- MICHAEL JAMES HOOVERPrivate First Class · November 16, 1967
- THOMAS RAY KINGWarrant Officer 1 · December 16, 1967
- ALTON LAMOTTE WATKINS JRCorporal · January 2, 1968
- EUGENE EDWARD SWIFTSeaman · March 9, 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.