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LEE THOMAS HAMMAN
Hospitalman · U.S. Navy
November 20, 1947 – March 19, 1969
Service recordLee Thomas Hamman, of San Gabriel, California, served as a Hospitalman in the U.S. Navy. He died on March 19, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 78 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · Line 78
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. Navy
- Rank
- Hospitalman (HN)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Born
- November 20, 1947
- Home of record
- San Gabriel, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 19, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
61 names on the Wall carry the date March 19, 1969; 21 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 29W, Line 78
- CHARLES EARL GROOMS JRLance Corporal · March 19, 1969
- JOHNNIE RAY HANSONCorporal · March 19, 1969
- ROBERT RAY HIGHFILLPrivate First Class · March 19, 1969
- WARD ELLIOTT HOMERSergeant · March 19, 1969
From San Gabriel
- BRUCE HORACE EATONSecond Lieutenant · July 3, 1967
- ALLEN DALE JAGIELOPrivate First Class · October 17, 1967
- GARY GORDON HAHNSergeant · December 6, 1967
- HENRY VALENZUELA JRCorporal · January 2, 1968
- RENE ZAROGOZA HERNANDEZCorporal · February 2, 1968
- ISIDRO BRICENO JIMENEZPrivate First Class · May 7, 1968
- JOHN ROBERT PINERSergeant · March 11, 1970
- MICKEY EUGENE GRIFFITHSergeant · April 2, 1970
- WILLIAM JAMES MITTONChief Warrant Officer 2 · May 6, 1970
- RALPH WOMMACK HUNTPrivate First Class · August 1, 1970
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.