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LEON GONZA HAMILTON JR
Corporal · U.S. Army
July 13, 1948 – May 2, 1968
Service recordLeon Gonza Hamilton JR, of Washington, District of Columbia, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 2, 1968, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 54E, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 54E · Line 8
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- July 13, 1948
- Home of record
- Washington, District of Columbia (District Of Columbia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 2, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
113 names on the Wall carry the date May 2, 1968; four of them were lost in Kien Hoa Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 115 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 54E, Line 8
- MICHAEL LEROY HANSONLance Corporal · May 2, 1968
- PAUL ALVIN HARRISONCorporal · May 2, 1968
- JOHN EDMON HAWTHORNSergeant · May 2, 1968
- FOSTER EUGENE HILLLance Corporal · May 2, 1968
Same unit, same day
- PAUL LEONARD ABRAHAMCorporal · Panel 53E, Line 44
- WILLIAM JOSEPH HUGHESPrivate First Class · Panel 54E, Line 9
- RICHARD HERBERT NALEYSergeant · Panel 54E, Line 14
- MARK JOSEPH ROMANPrivate First Class · Panel 54E, Line 16
- DENNIS STEVEN TOTCOFFCorporal · Panel 54E, Line 19
- JULIUS LEMUEL WALKER JRCorporal · Panel 54E, Line 20
From Washington
- HOMER CLEO MCINTYRE JRCaptain · July 28, 1964
- JAMES MARTIN CALEStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- GEZA TEGLASSergeant · October 27, 1965
- LOUIS SHERRODSergeant · November 6, 1965
- LEROY HILLPlatoon Sergeant · November 8, 1965
- CALVIN BOUKNIGHTSpecialist Five · November 16, 1965
- PAUL EDWARD HURDLEStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- THEODORE M BEAMONSpecialist Four · November 23, 1965
- HARRY RONALD HOSKINSONSpecialist Four · December 13, 1965
- WILLIE MITCHELL JRAirman First Class · December 20, 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.