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JAMES EDWARD HAMM
Captain · U.S. Air Force
May 4, 1943 – March 14, 1968
Service recordJames Edward Hamm, of Longmont, Colorado, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He was lost on March 14, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 44E, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44E · Line 47
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Pilot (1115R)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 390 TFS 366 TFW
- Born
- May 4, 1943
- Home of record
- Longmont, Colorado (Boulder County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- March 14, 1968
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing in action
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
63 names on the Wall carry the date March 14, 1968; nine of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Thừa Thiên Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 44E, Line 47
- EDWARD JOSEPH HAGLPetty Officer First Class · March 14, 1968
- JIMMIE RAY HARRISONMaster Sergeant · March 14, 1968
- FRANKIE RAY JOHNSONPetty Officer Third Class · March 14, 1968
- DONALD EUGENE KIDDSpecialist Four · March 14, 1968
From Longmont
- PAUL DAVID RODRIGUEZCorporal · April 5, 1966
- CARLTON BARRY HALCOMBCorporal · February 14, 1968
- KENNETH EARL STETSONLance Corporal · February 17, 1968
- LARRY GEORGE TREVARTONPrivate First Class · July 10, 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.