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JAMES RUSSELL HAMMERSLA
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
October 29, 1943 – December 17, 1968
Service recordJames Russell Hammersla, of Reisterstown, Maryland, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 17, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 36W, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36W · Line 35
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Highway Transport Officer (0660)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- October 29, 1943
- Home of record
- Reisterstown, Maryland (Baltimore County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 17, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date December 17, 1968; nine of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 36W, Line 35
- JOHN RAYMOND HARTKEMEYERPetty Officer Second Class · December 17, 1968
- JOHN KENT HAYWARDCaptain · December 17, 1968
- JOHN PETER KOOBChief Warrant Officer 2 · December 17, 1968
- JOHN DAVID KROUSLISFirst Lieutenant · December 17, 1968
Same unit, same day
- NEIL ROBERT BURNHAMSpecialist Four · Panel 36W, Line 33
- RICHARD GUY DRAKESergeant · Panel 36W, Line 34
- JOHN PETER KOOBChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 36W, Line 35
- THOMAS MARK KUPIECSpecialist Four · Panel 36W, Line 36
- ROBERT RAY MASCARENASSpecialist Five · Panel 36W, Line 36
- GEORGE WINSTON MORTONSpecialist Four · Panel 36W, Line 36
- FRANK NORMAN SMITHPrivate First Class · Panel 36W, Line 37
- ROBERT FERRELL STOCKARDCorporal · Panel 36W, Line 37
From Reisterstown
- WILLIAM D ROBINSON JRCaptain · September 18, 1968
- JAMES WILLIAM LEAFSpecialist Four · February 23, 1969
- WALTER CORBIN CARTERSpecialist Four · April 27, 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.