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MARCUS JAMES HAMILTON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 4, 1949 – August 27, 1970
Service recordMarcus James Hamilton, of Logan, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 27, 1970, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 16
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- October 4, 1949
- Home of record
- Logan, Ohio (Hocking County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 27, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date August 27, 1970; two of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 16
- ANDREW RYAN BARRETTStaff Sergeant · August 27, 1970
- DANIEL MURPHY BENNETTCorporal · August 27, 1970
- JAMES CALWINN CAINCorporal · August 27, 1970
- WILLIE HOWARD HAWKINS JRPrivate First Class · August 27, 1970
Same unit, same day
- ANDREW RYAN BARRETTStaff Sergeant · Panel 7W, Line 16
From Logan
- FRANCIS IVAN TOOPSCorporal · October 8, 1965
- LAWRENCE NEAL HELBERCaptain · January 24, 1966
- GARY LESLIE CALDWELLPrivate First Class · May 23, 1966
- JOSEPH RICHARD BACHUSPetty Officer Second Class · November 7, 1966
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.