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KENNETH DALE HAMMEL
Captain · U.S. Army
March 4, 1943 – July 24, 1970
Service recordKenneth Dale Hammel, of Iowa City, Iowa, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on July 24, 1970, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 49
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Dental Officer (3170)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- March 4, 1943
- Home of record
- Iowa City, Iowa (Johnson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 24, 1970
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date July 24, 1970; two of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 49
- EDWARD FRANCIS GLENN JRCorporal · July 24, 1970
- BRUCE DOUGLAS KIEMESpecialist Four · July 24, 1970
- EDWARD GEORGE KILUK JRSpecialist Four · July 24, 1970
- JAMES WILLIAM REEDMajor · July 24, 1970
From Iowa City
- FRANCIS LEROY GAULOCHERFirst Lieutenant · March 24, 1968
- ELWIN ROY SHAINMajor · July 28, 1968
- WILLIAM JAMES ADAMSPrivate First Class · May 18, 1969
- THOMAS JEROME DOSTALSecond Lieutenant · August 25, 1969
- VIRGIL MARTIN BIXBYCorporal · July 22, 1970
- DARRELL L HAMLINSergeant · May 13, 1975
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.