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JOHN ALBERT HAMNER
Platoon Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 25, 1931 – February 13, 1967
Service recordJohn Albert Hamner, of Northport, Alabama, served as a Platoon Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 13, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 35. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 25
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
- Platoon Sergeant (PSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- December 25, 1931
- Home of record
- Northport, Alabama (Tuscaloosa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 13, 1967
- Age
- 35
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date February 13, 1967; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 63 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 25
- JOHN ROLAND MCKAY JRPrivate First Class · February 13, 1967
- CARL WILLIAM MUELLERSpecialist Four · February 13, 1967
- CHARLES LEE MYERSSergeant · February 13, 1967
- LEONARD SALVATORE PELULLOPrivate First Class · February 13, 1967
From Northport
- JIMMY B TAYLORSergeant · April 2, 1966
- CARL BROWNSpecialist Four · November 18, 1966
- ARNOLD HOSEA SULLIVANSergeant · January 8, 1968
- BILLY WELLSSpecialist Four · October 3, 1968
- WOODROW WILSON BISHOP JRSpecialist Four · May 5, 1969
- OTIS CARTHAGE JRCorporal · December 28, 1969
- DONALD RICHARD WHITEWarrant Officer 1 · May 13, 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.