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KENNETH JOE HAMMOND
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 27, 1947 – November 22, 1965
Service recordKenneth Joe Hammond, of San Diego, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 22, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 3E, Line 107 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3E · Line 107
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)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- March 27, 1947
- Home of record
- San Diego, California (San Diego County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 22, 1965
- Age
- 18
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date November 22, 1965. In November 1965, 545 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 69 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3E, Line 107
- JOHN DREW CAMPBELLPrivate First Class · November 22, 1965
- RAYMOND CELESTEMajor · November 22, 1965
- THOMAS EVAN DOUGLASStaff Sergeant · November 22, 1965
- DARELL GOODWIN FREEMANPrivate First Class · November 22, 1965
From San Diego
- STANLEY E TRUESDALEStaff Sergeant · April 12, 1963
- CLARENCE CLEMENT TESSMANCaptain · August 10, 1963
- WILLIAM CLIFTON HOOVERPetty Officer Second Class · June 10, 1965
- VIRGIL WAYNE BARTONLance Corporal · August 21, 1965
- CHARLES JOSEPH SCHARFColonel · October 1, 1965
- RICHARD EUGENE GEORGEPrivate First Class · November 23, 1965
- GERALD CLYDE LYMANPrivate First Class · February 2, 1966
- JOHN JOSEPH SOLLEYLance Corporal · February 8, 1966
- DONALD D DAUGHERTYStaff Sergeant · April 13, 1966
- JOHN ABBOTTCaptain · April 20, 1966
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.