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MICHAEL DEWAYNE HAMPTON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 8, 1950 – June 24, 1969
Service recordMichael Dewayne Hampton, of North Little Rock, Arkansas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 24, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 8
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
- Firefighter (51M)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 153 ENG DET 159 ENG GRP 20 ENG BDE
- Born
- February 8, 1950
- Home of record
- North Little Rock, Arkansas (Pulaski County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 24, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date June 24, 1969; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 8
- HUGH BRYANT HOLMESEnsign · June 24, 1969
- RODNEY ALAN JANNETTACorporal · June 24, 1969
- BOBBY CAL JOHNSONPrivate First Class · June 24, 1969
- JOSEPH HAYDEN KENNEYSecond Lieutenant · June 24, 1969
From North Little Rock
- AQUILA BAKERPrivate First Class · May 18, 1966
- OTIS CECIL JONES JRSpecialist Four · January 27, 1967
- RONALD ALAN PATTISONSergeant · September 6, 1967
- GERALD WILLIAM ROBERTSONPrivate First Class · February 14, 1968
- PAUL EVANS MAYERSergeant Major · March 28, 1968
- COY EDWARD STROBLECorporal · June 13, 1968
- MICHAEL STEWART ELLEDGEFirst Lieutenant · July 24, 1968
- JOHN WAYNE ACOSTASpecialist Four · July 27, 1968
- RONALD EUGENE DAVISPrivate First Class · September 2, 1968
- MARVIN COOK JRCaptain · January 26, 1969
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.