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JAMES HAMILTON COLBERT
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
July 5, 1943 – March 1, 1971
Service recordJames Hamilton Colbert, of Fredericktown, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on March 1, 1971, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 13
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
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Food Service Specialist (94B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- July 5, 1943
- Home of record
- Fredericktown, Pennsylvania (Washington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 1, 1971
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date March 1, 1971; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In March 1971, 429 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 60 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 13
- ARNOLD RAY BENTONStaff Sergeant · March 1, 1971
- PAUL VERNON BLACKWarrant Officer 1 · March 1, 1971
- RICHARD SAULERS BOWERSSpecialist Four · March 1, 1971
- GARY CHARLES DAVIDSpecialist Five · March 1, 1971
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD SAULERS BOWERSSpecialist Four · Panel 4W, Line 13
- GARY CHARLES DAVIDSpecialist Five · Panel 4W, Line 13
- THOMAS EDWARD ROSSSpecialist Four · Panel 4W, Line 14
- FRANK AGUAN SABLANSpecialist Four · Panel 4W, Line 15
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.