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JAMES LEON HAMILTON
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
February 10, 1947 – October 27, 1968
Service recordJames Leon Hamilton, of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 27, 1968, in Lam Dong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 40W, Line 43 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40W · Line 43
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Operations And Training Staff Officer (G3,a3,s3) (2162)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- February 10, 1947
- Home of record
- Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 27, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Lam Dong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date October 27, 1968; two of them were lost in Lam Dong Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 9 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 40W, Line 43
- DAVID DONALD DUMASCorporal · October 27, 1968
- ROBERT CLIFTON EDMUNDS JRMajor · October 27, 1968
- LOUIS ARTHUR FRYESergeant First Class · October 27, 1968
- ALFRED DOUGLAS GARRETTSergeant First Class · October 27, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ALFRED DOUGLAS GARRETTSergeant First Class · Panel 40W, Line 43
- LARRY DELANO HOSFORDMajor · Panel 40W, Line 44
From Oklahoma City
- LAVESTER LEE WILLIAMSCaptain · March 23, 1963
- GORDON RICHARD BROWNCaptain · October 24, 1963
- CHARLES KENNETH SIDESLance Corporal · March 26, 1965
- FRANK PETER WATSONCaptain · June 18, 1965
- LARRY DREW HARVEYCorporal · October 3, 1965
- GARY HOWARD JONESPrivate First Class · October 14, 1965
- GEORGE RAY THOMPSONSergeant · December 12, 1965
- JEFF GOUDEAU JRPrivate First Class · December 13, 1965
- GARY RAY ARTMANSpecialist Four · February 18, 1966
- JERRY D LEWISSpecialist Four · March 16, 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.