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JAMES WILLIAM HAMILTON JR
Petty Officer Second Class · U.S. Navy
March 13, 1945 – April 25, 1967
Service recordJames William Hamilton JR, of West Monroe, Louisiana, served as a Petty Officer Second Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on April 25, 1967, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 85 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 85
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Second Class (PO2)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Gunner's Mate (Guns) (GMG)
- Born
- March 13, 1945
- Home of record
- West Monroe, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 25, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date April 25, 1967; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 85
- PATRICK JOHN GAGNONLance Corporal · April 25, 1967
- WAYNE JACOB GAUTZPrivate First Class · April 25, 1967
- MICHAEL GERALD GIBBSPetty Officer Third Class · April 25, 1967
- MELVIN LOUIS GREENLance Corporal · April 25, 1967
From West Monroe
- CARL DANIEL VIOLALance Corporal · May 30, 1966
- BUD AUGUSTINE GUILLORYPrivate · March 8, 1967
- VOMER OVID WILSON JRPrivate First Class · May 8, 1967
- STEPHEN RAY WORLEYPrivate First Class · October 14, 1967
- ROBERT IRVING BALLARDFirst Lieutenant · February 3, 1968
- BOBBY RAY TALTONSpecialist Four · February 20, 1968
- CHARLIE EDWARD JENKINSSpecialist Four · July 21, 1968
- JOHN LESLIE BRATTONCorporal · November 11, 1968
- WILLIAM BENJAMIN EZELLLance Corporal · November 18, 1968
- JIMMY CARTERPrivate First Class · January 12, 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.