The Wall › Panel 24E › South Carolina › Hazel H Humphries III
HAZEL H HUMPHRIES III
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
December 3, 1947 – August 9, 1967
Service recordHazel H Humphries III, of Florence, South Carolina, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 9, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 95 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 95
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.
Remember
Did you know him? Family members and friends are invited to share a photograph or a memory. Nothing is posted until it has been reviewed.
Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Mortarman (0341)
- Born
- December 3, 1947
- Home of record
- Florence, South Carolina (Florence County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 9, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date August 9, 1967; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 24E, Line 95
- ALLEN SHELDON CHERRYCaptain · August 9, 1967
- MICHAEL JENNING HOTCHKISSSpecialist Four · August 9, 1967
- GARY ROGER KOOMANSpecialist Four · August 9, 1967
- CHARLES R LATTAMajor · August 9, 1967
From Florence
- SYLVESTER JACKSON JRSpecialist Four · February 7, 1966
- JOHNNY WILLIAM LLEWELLYNStaff Sergeant · August 5, 1966
- EARL MATTHEWS JRStaff Sergeant · September 9, 1966
- HUGH WILLIAM WELLONSFirst Lieutenant · October 13, 1966
- EDDIE BOYD COOKE JRStaff Sergeant · December 19, 1966
- ANTHONY L FRANKSLance Corporal · August 8, 1967
- MARION LEE MEGGSLance Corporal · November 16, 1967
- ROLAND K DAVISMajor · January 25, 1968
- HARLEY B HACKETT IIICaptain · July 24, 1968
- DURWOOD CAULDERLance Corporal · July 27, 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.