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JAMES RICHARD HAMILTON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 5, 1949 – August 21, 1968
Service recordJames Richard Hamilton, of Flat Rock, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 21, 1968, in Lam Dong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 47W, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 47W · Line 18
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
- Fire Support Specialist (13F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 FIELD FORCE
- Born
- June 5, 1949
- Home of record
- Flat Rock, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 21, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Lam Dong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date August 21, 1968; three of them were lost in Lam Dong Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 FIELD FORCE”, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 47W, Line 18
- WILLIAM ERVIN FENNELLSpecialist Four · August 21, 1968
- DICK DALE HAMILTONSergeant First Class · August 21, 1968
- LOWELL RAY HANSONPrivate First Class · August 21, 1968
- JAMES LAVERN HARBOTTLECorporal · August 21, 1968
From Flat Rock
- DAVID PETER BROWNPrivate First Class · February 17, 1966
- FRANKLIN HARRISON RAUBCorporal · January 10, 1968
- JAMES LEROY TANGEMANSecond Lieutenant · July 29, 1968
- RONALD HARRY PORTERPrivate First Class · June 7, 1969
- RUSSELL CHARLES YOSTPrivate First Class · July 11, 1969
- DANIEL PERRY HOLTREYSpecialist Five · August 21, 1969
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.