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LAWRENCE CLAIR HAMMOND
Chief Warrant Officer 2 · U.S. Army
August 22, 1931 – January 11, 1963
Service recordLawrence Clair Hammond, of Columbus, Ohio, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 2 in the U.S. Army. He died on January 11, 1963, in South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 16
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Chief Warrant Officer 2 (CW2)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Tandem Rotor (062C)
- Born
- August 22, 1931
- Home of record
- Columbus, Ohio (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 11, 1963
- Age
- 31
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date January 11, 1963. In January 1963, 14 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 16
- CLAYTON ALLEN FANNINCaptain · January 10, 1963
- CHARLES MILTON FITTSFirst Lieutenant · January 11, 1963
- BOYCE EUGENE LAWSONPrivate First Class · January 11, 1963
- JAMES DELMAS MCANDREWSpecialist Five · January 11, 1963
From Columbus
- JOHN FREDRICK STONEBURNERMajor · December 9, 1964
- TOMMY JOE BELCHERSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- ANDREW JACOB HINDERMANPrivate First Class · September 11, 1965
- WILLIAM BISHOP WOLFLance Corporal · October 14, 1965
- DENNIS SMITHCorporal · October 30, 1965
- CHARLES THOMAS MOORE JRSpecialist Five · November 17, 1965
- KENNETH POLINGSpecialist Four · November 21, 1965
- MORRIS LEE BARGYCorporal · November 29, 1965
- MORRIS E JENKINSSpecialist Five · December 2, 1965
- WILLIAM DION MCKILLOPPrivate First Class · December 18, 1965
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.