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JAMES MADISON HAMRICK JR
Captain · U.S. Army
December 8, 1946 – February 20, 1972
Service recordJames Madison Hamrick JR, of Lexington Park, Maryland, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on February 20, 1972, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 108 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 108
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Armored Reconnaissance Unit Commander (1204)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- December 8, 1946
- Home of record
- Lexington Park, Maryland (St Mary's County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 20, 1972
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date February 20, 1972; three of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In February 1972, 46 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 108
- PAUL DENIS KREGERPrivate First Class · February 17, 1972
- BRUCE PHILLIP ROWELieutenant · February 18, 1972
- RUDOLF MICKASpecialist Five · February 20, 1972
- THOMAS EMINGS SMITHSpecialist Four · February 20, 1972
Same unit, same day
- DON HAMUEL WARESpecialist Four · Panel 2W, Line 109
From Lexington Park
- JOHN LENWOOD CHASEPrivate First Class · November 29, 1968
- CLARENCE ROBINSON JRPrivate First Class · February 21, 1969
- RUSSELL ALLEN ROWEChief Warrant Officer 2 · July 19, 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.