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JAMES LUTHER HAMMONS
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
September 7, 1949 – May 6, 1968
Service recordJames Luther Hammons, of Corpus Christi, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 6, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 56E, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 56E · Line 7
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- September 7, 1949
- Home of record
- Corpus Christi, Texas (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 6, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
102 names on the Wall carry the date May 6, 1968; 11 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 56E, Line 7
- CHARLES EDWARD GIBBSPrivate First Class · May 6, 1968
- LAVON GIDDENSCorporal · May 6, 1968
- JERRY EDWARD GRADYLance Corporal · May 6, 1968
- RALPH PARKER HAYDENPrivate First Class · May 6, 1968
From Corpus Christi
- FAYBERT RAY BRADSHAWStaff Sergeant · July 20, 1965
- JOE THOMAS WELBORNChief Warrant Officer 2 · November 4, 1965
- WILLIAM A JENNINGS IIICorporal · December 13, 1965
- MIGUEL GARCIA JRPrivate First Class · April 22, 1966
- WILLIAM R MINDACHSpecialist Four · July 6, 1966
- BENITO PEREZFirst Sergeant · August 2, 1966
- RAUL FLORESLance Corporal · August 7, 1966
- JERRY PHILLIPSPetty Officer Second Class · August 11, 1966
- ALFREDO CASTANONPrivate First Class · September 24, 1966
- DWIGHT KING SATTERWHITEPrivate First Class · September 24, 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.