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JOHN LAMUEL HYMES
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 1, 1943 – August 20, 1966
Service recordJohn Lamuel Hymes, of Plaquemine, Louisiana, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 20, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 21
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- August 1, 1943
- Home of record
- Plaquemine, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 20, 1966
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date August 20, 1966. In August 1966, 501 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 45 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 21
- LAMARR FISHERPrivate · August 20, 1966
- FRANK R GALLAGHERPrivate First Class · August 20, 1966
- PAUL JOSEPH KAPPMEYERSergeant · August 20, 1966
- THOMAS TARO KASAIPrivate First Class · August 20, 1966
From Plaquemine
- ROBERT BROWNSergeant · March 5, 1966
- DONALD WILFORD HALLSpecialist Four · April 11, 1966
- ERNEST TATNEY JRPrivate First Class · September 1, 1967
- CLARENCE HENRY LEWISCorporal · March 15, 1968
- PERCY ISAIAH PUGHCorporal · February 27, 1969
- DAVID MITCHELL KAUFMANFirst Sergeant · June 15, 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.