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JAMES LEWIS HATCHER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 16, 1951 – November 13, 1970
Service recordJames Lewis Hatcher, of Sundial, West Virginia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 13, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 57 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 57
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 Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- December 16, 1951
- Home of record
- Sundial, West Virginia (Raleigh County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 13, 1970
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date November 13, 1970; five of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In November 1970, 347 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 57
- MONROE ALAN POWERSSpecialist Four · November 13, 1970
- CHARLES WAYNE ROBINSONSpecialist Four · November 13, 1970
- ALVIN JOSEPH SCOTTSpecialist Four · November 13, 1970
- JOHN GREGORY STRACHOTASpecialist Four · November 13, 1970
Same unit, same day
- SALVATORE JOSEPH ARMATOPrivate First Class · Panel 6W, Line 56
- KEN DWIGHT BURNSPrivate First Class · Panel 6W, Line 56
- CHARLES WAYNE ROBINSONSpecialist Four · Panel 6W, Line 57
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.