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LLOYD MARTIN HAMMOND JR
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
October 19, 1948 – December 20, 1969
Service recordLloyd Martin Hammond JR, of Alameda, California, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on December 20, 1969, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 73 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 73
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Heavy Vehicle Driver (64B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- October 19, 1948
- Home of record
- Alameda, California (Alameda County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 20, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date December 20, 1969; he was the only one lost in Pleiku Province that day. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 73
- PATRICK A CADWALLADERSpecialist Five · December 20, 1969
- ANTHONY WAYNE FELDENPrivate First Class · December 20, 1969
- DAVID WILLIAMS JONESPrivate First Class · December 20, 1969
- CARL EDWIN LONGCaptain · December 20, 1969
Same unit, same day
- PATRICK A CADWALLADERSpecialist Five · Panel 15W, Line 73
From Alameda
- LOSSY RAY WANGLERLance Corporal · March 20, 1966
- MILTON J S SEUPrivate First Class · June 4, 1966
- ROBERT PATRICK SOUSALance Corporal · July 10, 1966
- DEREK BOYD POPESpecialist Four · August 8, 1966
- BRUCE EDGAR YATESFirst Lieutenant · November 7, 1966
- VENNIE LEE SMITHPrivate First Class · January 9, 1967
- GARY ANTHONY PLUMBPrivate First Class · March 11, 1967
- VINCENT RICHARD WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · March 21, 1967
- GARY TERRENCE COLEMANPrivate First Class · July 12, 1967
- AUSTIN BRUCE COOKStaff Sergeant · July 17, 1967
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.