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LARRY EDWARD HAMILTON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 1, 1949 – December 6, 1968
Service recordLarry Edward Hamilton, of Tulsa, Oklahoma, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 6, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 37W, Line 50 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37W · Line 50
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- June 1, 1949
- Home of record
- Tulsa, Oklahoma (Tulsa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 6, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date December 6, 1968; two of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 103 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 37W, Line 50
- DAVID GROENEPrivate First Class · December 6, 1968
- THOMAS JOSEPH HADLEYLance Corporal · December 6, 1968
- ROBERT HENRY HARMANPrivate First Class · December 6, 1968
- JAMES WILLIAM HEAGYLance Corporal · December 6, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RONALD LEE MILLIONPrivate First Class · Panel 37W, Line 52
From Tulsa
- JORDEN DUWAYNE FORRESTERSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- MARTIN RONALD SCOTTColonel · March 15, 1966
- JAMES ALLEN DOKESergeant · March 24, 1966
- DAVID LEE CHAPMANPrivate First Class · May 18, 1966
- STANLEY GILBERT COXCaptain · May 18, 1966
- FLOYD WAYNE HAMILTONLance Corporal · May 23, 1966
- WILLIAM ROSS SAVAGEWarrant Officer 1 · June 24, 1966
- ISAIAH HERMAN WILSONPrivate First Class · July 15, 1966
- PAUL WILLIAM JOHNSONCaptain · July 22, 1966
- LEE GRANT JOHNSONLance Corporal · July 30, 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.