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HORACE ALVESTER HAMPTON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 7, 1945 – March 27, 1966
Service recordHorace Alvester Hampton, of Valdosta, Georgia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 27, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 55 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 55
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- August 7, 1945
- Home of record
- Valdosta, Georgia (Lowndes County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 27, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date March 27, 1966. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 45 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 55
- ANTHONY GUY VELARDOLance Corporal · March 27, 1966
- ALDEN BERTRAM WILLEYSergeant First Class · March 27, 1966
- STANLEY GEORGE YURGAITISPrivate First Class · March 27, 1966
- JOHN GEORGE BANSAVAGEStaff Sergeant · March 28, 1966
Same unit, same day
- RONALD WEAVER JONESPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 53
From Valdosta
- JOHNNIE PATTERSONPrivate First Class · December 15, 1965
- MAXIE PATTERSONPrivate First Class · August 25, 1966
- CLEVELAND DAVID JONESStaff Sergeant · March 9, 1967
- LAWRENCE KENNETH SEPULVEDASergeant Major · January 7, 1968
- ARTHUR LEE BRUNTPrivate First Class · March 1, 1968
- WILLIE LEE RICHARDSONMaster Sergeant · March 1, 1968
- LARRY LEON MITCHELLSpecialist Four · May 20, 1968
- JAMES WESLEY INMANCorporal · June 16, 1968
- ROY CARROLL REGISTERStaff Sergeant · August 27, 1968
- MARVIN BURNETT MULLIS JRPrivate First Class · November 2, 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.