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JAMES V HAMILTON
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
September 13, 1940 – September 27, 1967
Service recordJames V Hamilton, of De Ridder, Louisiana, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 27, 1967, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 19
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
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- September 13, 1940
- Home of record
- De Ridder, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 27, 1967
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date September 27, 1967; he was the only one lost in Binh Long Province that day. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 25 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 19
- CHARLES WESLEY DANIELS JRLance Corporal · September 27, 1967
- ARTHUR RICHARD EWINGPrivate First Class · September 27, 1967
- JOSE ANIBAL FLORESPrivate First Class · September 27, 1967
- PATRICK JOSEPH GALLAGHERSecond Lieutenant · September 27, 1967
From De Ridder
- ALBERT FRANKLIN CALPSergeant First Class · August 6, 1965
- BENJAMIN IRVIN WARRENStaff Sergeant · October 3, 1966
- EDWARD JOSEPH GUILLORYSergeant Major · June 18, 1967
- RICHARD ALLEN RATHBURNPrivate First Class · March 16, 1968
- QUILLARD FRANK LYONSSpecialist Four · April 13, 1968
- IRVING DONALD BARROWSPrivate First Class · April 21, 1968
- ROGERS LEMANDER HAYWOODStaff Sergeant · May 29, 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.