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JOSEPH EARL HAMMAC
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 28, 1943 – June 16, 1967
Service recordJoseph Earl Hammac, of Brewton, Alabama, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 16, 1967, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 112 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 112
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- September 28, 1943
- Home of record
- Brewton, Alabama (Escambia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 16, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date June 16, 1967; two of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 78 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 112
- JOHN EDWARD CAMINOPrivate First Class · June 16, 1967
- GEORGE ARRIAGA GARCIASpecialist Four · June 16, 1967
- CHARLES EDWARD GRADOVILLELance Corporal · June 16, 1967
- JERRY MALONE JENKINSSpecialist Four · June 16, 1967
Same unit, same day
- DAVID LE ROY ARENSSpecialist Four · Panel 21E, Line 111
- DAVID PAUL OPLINGERSergeant · Panel 21E, Line 114
- EUGENE SESTERCorporal · Panel 21E, Line 115
From Brewton
- OBIE CLYDE SIMMONSPrivate First Class · May 20, 1966
- DALTON BUSTER LOWERYLance Corporal · December 20, 1966
- JAMES FLOYD MADDENCorporal · April 9, 1967
- JOHN WESLEY WINTERCorporal · February 1, 1968
- JIMMY RAY THOMASPrivate First Class · May 31, 1968
- DAVID MARSHALL HAVEARDLance Corporal · July 7, 1970
- WILLIAM RICHARD ELLISStaff Sergeant · November 14, 1970
- DONALD WAYNE SMITHSpecialist Four · January 14, 1971
- J C SUMMERLINSpecialist Four · May 21, 1971
- CHARLES DONNETTE GIPSONStaff Sergeant · May 26, 1972
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.