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MARK LELAND HAMILTON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 8, 1948 – August 4, 1971
Service recordMark Leland Hamilton, of Atlanta, Georgia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 4, 1971, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 122 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 122
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Traffic Management Coordinator (71N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- November 8, 1948
- Home of record
- Atlanta, Georgia (Fulton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 4, 1971
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Three names on the Wall carry the date August 4, 1971; he was the only one lost in Gia Dinh Province that day. In August 1971, 116 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 34 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 122
- GLEN JOHNSON TALIAFERROFirst Lieutenant · August 2, 1971
- EDWIN NEWTON TROXELMajor · August 2, 1971
- ROBERT ALLEN PULASKISergeant · August 3, 1971
- RAYMOND ALFRED ROSESpecialist Five · August 4, 1971
Same unit, same day
- RAYMOND ALFRED ROSESpecialist Five · Panel 3W, Line 122
From Atlanta
- DAVID NIPPERLance Corporal · November 21, 1964
- JAMES ANTHONY COYAirman First Class · June 11, 1965
- JAMES THARPE BROWN JRPrivate First Class · June 25, 1965
- WESLIE DAVID MEWBORNPetty Officer First Class · September 8, 1964
- DOUGLAS HORACE LEACHSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- RONNIE THOMAS MATHISSergeant · November 17, 1965
- GEORGE S MCHELLONSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- JAMES CARL WISE JRMajor · December 23, 1965
- CLIFFORD THOMAS JOHNSONPrivate · January 29, 1966
- HARVEY LEWIS BOWEN JRPrivate First Class · February 24, 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.