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MARK EVAN HAMBLETON
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 19, 1947 – September 19, 1970
Service recordMark Evan Hambleton, of Honolulu, Hawaii, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 19, 1970, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 72 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 72
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- August 19, 1947
- Home of record
- Honolulu, Hawaii (Honolulu County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 19, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date September 19, 1970; he was the only one lost in Phuoc Long Province that day. In September 1970, 364 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 72
- TODD WHITNEY OTTMANPrivate First Class · September 18, 1970
- LUCO WILLIAM PALMASeaman · September 18, 1970
- EDWARD LEE REYNOLDSSpecialist Four · September 18, 1970
- LAWRENCE C WILLIAMS JRPetty Officer Third Class · September 18, 1970
Same unit, same day
- LELAND MCGEE MEHLSSergeant · Panel 7W, Line 73
From Honolulu
- JAMES GABRIEL JRSpecialist Five · April 8, 1962
- JAMES HIROSHI ISHIHARAChief Warrant Officer 3 · March 10, 1963
- ALAN YUKIO MATSUURAPrivate First Class · April 12, 1964
- JOSEPH N HAOSergeant First Class · November 14, 1964
- ALBERT KALAHANA KUEWAAirman · September 18, 1964
- FLORENDO B PASCUALSergeant First Class · November 3, 1965
- ROBERT HENRY WHITECorporal · December 3, 1965
- ROY SHIGERU KOBAYASHICaptain · January 23, 1966
- SAMUEL POOKEAOKAL GIFFARDStaff Sergeant · January 25, 1966
- GEORGE GRANT KING WEBB JRLance Corporal · February 10, 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.