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JAMES LEWIS HAMLET
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
September 8, 1946 – June 10, 1967
Service recordJames Lewis Hamlet, of New Richmond, Wisconsin, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 10, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 83 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 83
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (1371)
- Born
- September 8, 1946
- Home of record
- New Richmond, Wisconsin (St Croix County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 10, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date June 10, 1967; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 83
- GREGORY PAUL KELLYLance Corporal · June 10, 1967
- JAMES MICHAEL LOSOPrivate First Class · June 10, 1967
- JIMMIE HUGH MANTOOTHLance Corporal · June 10, 1967
- ROBERT WILLIAM MAZZALance Corporal · June 10, 1967
From New Richmond
- ROBERT ALLEN SINGERHOUSEPrivate · December 3, 1965
- GARY JOSEPH HALVERSONSpecialist Four · September 11, 1968
- THOMAS EUGENE SEVERSONSpecialist Four · March 10, 1970
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.