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HERBERT LEE HAMMOND
Private · U.S. Army
April 11, 1948 – April 22, 1968
Service recordHerbert Lee Hammond, of Atlanta, Georgia, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on April 22, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 51E, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51E · Line 30
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 (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- April 11, 1948
- Home of record
- Atlanta, Georgia (Fulton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 22, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date April 22, 1968; he was the only one lost in Kon Tum Province that day. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 66 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 51E, Line 30
- JAMES ERNEST GUSTAFSONPetty Officer Third Class · April 22, 1968
- HENRY ALBERT HEAL JRPrivate First Class · April 22, 1968
- RICHARD ALLEN HILLSpecialist Four · April 22, 1968
- REYNALDO AYALA SANCHEZPrivate First Class · April 22, 1968
From Atlanta
- DAVID NIPPERLance Corporal · November 21, 1964
- JAMES ANTHONY COYAirman First Class · June 11, 1965
- JAMES THARPE BROWN JRPrivate First Class · June 25, 1965
- WESLIE DAVID MEWBORNPetty Officer First Class · September 8, 1964
- DOUGLAS HORACE LEACHSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- RONNIE THOMAS MATHISSergeant · November 17, 1965
- GEORGE S MCHELLONSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- JAMES CARL WISE JRMajor · December 23, 1965
- CLIFFORD THOMAS JOHNSONPrivate · January 29, 1966
- HARVEY LEWIS BOWEN JRPrivate First Class · February 24, 1966
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.