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JOHN EDISON HAMPTON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 13, 1943 – June 23, 1966
Service recordJohn Edison Hampton, of Whitesburg, Kentucky, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 23, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 80 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 80
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- April 13, 1943
- Home of record
- Whitesburg, Kentucky (Letcher County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 23, 1966
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date June 23, 1966. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 73 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 80
- WILLIAM DOWDYPrivate First Class · June 23, 1966
- ANTHONY GILMOREPrivate First Class · June 23, 1966
- DELL GENE HAMPTONPrivate First Class · June 23, 1966
- RICHARD LEE IANNICELLIPrivate First Class · June 23, 1966
Same unit, same day
- FRANCISCO LUNAStaff Sergeant · Panel 8E, Line 79
- RUDOLPH WHITAKERPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 83
From Whitesburg
- ROGER DALE CAUDILLPrivate First Class · April 29, 1967
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.