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LOUIS WILLIAM HAMIL
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
October 21, 1940 – March 27, 1968
Service recordLouis William Hamil, of Houston, Texas, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 27, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 46E, Line 46 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46E · Line 46
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Armored Reconnaissance Unit Commander (1204)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- October 21, 1940
- Home of record
- Houston, Texas (Harris County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 27, 1968
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date March 27, 1968; five of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 188 of its members that month.
He died in Bình Dương Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 46E, Line 46
- FRANKLIN N GILES JRSecond Lieutenant · March 27, 1968
- RONALD JON HASKOPrivate First Class · March 27, 1968
- JAMES CURTIS HAUGHStaff Sergeant · March 27, 1968
- CHARLES KENNETH HENSONSergeant · March 27, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT JOHN FRISKSergeant · Panel 46E, Line 44
- STEVEN JOHN GAFTUNIKPrivate First Class · Panel 46E, Line 45
- CARL ALVIN SHUTT JRSpecialist Four · Panel 46E, Line 50
From Houston
- JOSEPH MICHAEL FAHEY JRCaptain · February 11, 1962
- JOHN F SHAUGHNESSY JRCaptain · February 3, 1963
- RICHARD DALE HILLAirman Second Class · December 6, 1963
- HUGHIE DARELL ADAMSMajor · January 7, 1964
- ALBERT LAWRENCE SHIMEKPrivate First Class · April 10, 1964
- BYRON CLARK STONECaptain · August 20, 1964
- JAMES EDWARD HAVEMANNWarrant Officer 1 · October 7, 1964
- ROBERT GRAHAM BELLMajor · May 16, 1965
- LEROY ANTHONY BOURGEOISPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- ROBERT FILMORE BATSONSergeant · August 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.