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HENRY GARFIELD HAMPTON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 29, 1942 – May 14, 1967
Service recordHenry Garfield Hampton, of Van Nuys, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 14, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 118 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 118
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Tactical Wire Operations Specialist (36K)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- November 29, 1942
- Home of record
- Van Nuys, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 14, 1967
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date May 14, 1967; ten of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 87 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19E, Line 118
- CHARLES E HALFORDSpecialist Four · May 14, 1967
- DONALD KELCEY HALVORSENPrivate First Class · May 14, 1967
- KENNETH LEE HEARNLance Corporal · May 14, 1967
- JOHN MITCHELL HICKSSpecialist Four · May 14, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JOHN ROBIN VRABELPrivate First Class · Panel 19E, Line 123
From Van Nuys
- ROBERT LESTER VANGIESONPrivate First Class · March 12, 1967
- ROBERT LYNN MARGOLISPrivate First Class · May 8, 1967
- JOHN ROBERT HILLSpecialist Four · June 19, 1967
- MICHAEL JAMES TOMLINSONLance Corporal · September 11, 1967
- BRUCE TORTORICISergeant · April 5, 1968
- LAWRENCE JESSE ENGLANDERSergeant First Class · May 2, 1968
- D LANCE MCDONALDPrivate First Class · September 16, 1968
- NORMAN NORTHRO CUNNINGHAMMajor · September 24, 1968
- JOHN RODNEY NOBLECorporal · October 10, 1968
- JOHN MICHAEL BELLAMYStaff Sergeant · June 5, 1969
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.