The Wall › Panel 9E › Kentucky › John William Hamm
JOHN WILLIAM HAMM
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 23, 1942 – July 7, 1966
Service recordJohn William Hamm, of Lexington, Kentucky, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 7, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 7
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.
Remember
Did you know him? Family members and friends are invited to share a photograph or a memory. Nothing is posted until it has been reviewed.
Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- November 23, 1942
- Home of record
- Lexington, Kentucky (Fayette County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 7, 1966
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date July 7, 1966. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 93 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 7
- G W WHITAKERPrivate · July 7, 1966
- LAWRENCE COLBURN HARRIGANPrivate First Class · July 8, 1966
- MILLARD WESLEY LEHMANAirman First Class · July 8, 1966
- RONALD LEE LONGANECKERLance Corporal · July 8, 1966
Same unit, same day
- HOWARD J ANDUHAStaff Sergeant · Panel 9E, Line 3
- BOOKER TEE MCCOY JRPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 5
- HORACE GIBBS MITCHELL JRSergeant · Panel 9E, Line 5
- HEYWARD WINDELL NEDDPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 5
- WILLIAM VALRIE PHARRISPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 6
From Lexington
- WILLIAM KATHMAN BARRETTFirst Lieutenant · October 21, 1965
- DAYMON DONALD HORNStaff Sergeant · December 6, 1965
- VERNON EDWARD HOLLANDLance Corporal · December 18, 1965
- CHARLES EDWARD STRADERStaff Sergeant · February 4, 1966
- JERRY LANG ONANPrivate First Class · May 4, 1966
- WILLIAM LOUIS MADISONChief Master Sergeant · May 15, 1966
- WILLIAM KEEN STOLL JRPrivate First Class · June 18, 1966
- WILLIAM FRANCIS HOGAN JRCorporal · March 14, 1967
- WILLIAM P CENTERS JRSpecialist Five · May 21, 1967
- BOBBY LEE FOREMANPrivate First Class · July 7, 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.