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MICHAEL EUGENE HAMILTON
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
October 27, 1946 – May 16, 1968
Service recordMichael Eugene Hamilton, of Independence, Missouri, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 16, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 61E, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 61E · Line 10
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Motor Vehicle Operator (3531)
- Born
- October 27, 1946
- Home of record
- Independence, Missouri (Jackson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 16, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
80 names on the Wall carry the date May 16, 1968; 11 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 61E, Line 10
- EUGENE GREENPrivate First Class · May 16, 1968
- JAMES DAVID GROSSLance Corporal · May 16, 1968
- LEON HENRY HAHN JRSergeant · May 16, 1968
- JACK HENDERSON JRPrivate First Class · May 16, 1968
From Independence
- GARY ERCIL SOOTERPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- RODGER LEON TRAMMELLLance Corporal · May 16, 1966
- JAMES NELSON CAGLEYSpecialist Four · November 23, 1966
- JAMES MICHAEL HOLSWORTHPrivate First Class · March 11, 1967
- CLAY SAMUEL TURNHAMPrivate First Class · July 1, 1967
- ROBERT W BATESSpecialist Four · August 17, 1967
- RAYMOND EUGENE ALLENSpecialist Four · August 21, 1967
- LARRY LEE BARKERCorporal · September 9, 1967
- JACK M YOUNGSLieutenant Colonel · December 6, 1967
- ROBERT CRAWFORD CAMPBELLPrivate First Class · December 10, 1967
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.