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JAMES L HATTON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 19, 1947 – October 9, 1966
Service recordJames L Hatton, of Logansport, Indiana, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 9, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 64 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 64
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- May 19, 1947
- Home of record
- Logansport, Indiana (Cass County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 9, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date October 9, 1966. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 55 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 64
- JOHN ROBERT PIERCEPrivate First Class · October 9, 1966
- PIERCE IRVING ROBERTSONMajor · October 9, 1966
- CHARLES GEORGE BOROWSKYSergeant First Class · October 10, 1966
Same unit, same day
- PIERCE IRVING ROBERTSONMajor · Panel 11E, Line 64
From Logansport
- ARTHUR LEROY JAMESStaff Sergeant · March 30, 1966
- FRANK R GALLAGHERPrivate First Class · August 20, 1966
- LAWRENCE CLARKChief Master Sergeant · October 18, 1966
- JAMES LEROY KISTLERSergeant · June 12, 1967
- THOMAS EUGENE PRIESTHOFFSergeant · December 16, 1967
- CHARLES B JILCOTT JRCaptain · March 8, 1968
- ROBERT ALAN MARTINPrivate First Class · March 18, 1968
- GERALD FREDERICK GILBERTSergeant · March 28, 1968
- REX MICHAEL HOOVERSpecialist Four · September 17, 1968
- BARRY WAYNE BICKELPrivate First Class · July 12, 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.