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MICHAEL KEITH HAMNER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 3, 1948 – September 19, 1968
Service recordMichael Keith Hamner, of Chillicothe, Ohio, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 19, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 43W, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43W · Line 36
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- November 3, 1948
- Home of record
- Chillicothe, Ohio (Ross County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 19, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
58 names on the Wall carry the date September 19, 1968; six of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 90 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 43W, Line 36
- LLOYD EARLE GREENE JRSpecialist Five · September 19, 1968
- ROBERT ARTHUR GREGORYSergeant First Class · September 19, 1968
- BENJAMIN C HARTMAN JRMajor · September 19, 1968
- JAMES DALE RINEHARTLance Corporal · September 19, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ALBERT A BANUELOS JRSergeant · Panel 43W, Line 33
- LLOYD WILLIAM JACKSON JRPrivate First Class · Panel 43W, Line 37
- CALVIN DAVID LARGOSpecialist Four · Panel 43W, Line 39
- PETER JOSEPH OTOOLECorporal · Panel 43W, Line 40
From Chillicothe
- GEORGE W COTTRILL JRPetty Officer Third Class · June 16, 1966
- PAUL WINIFORD HARRISPrivate First Class · March 13, 1967
- CHARLES ROBERT WALLERLance Corporal · May 9, 1967
- HOMER EARL PIERCE JRPrivate First Class · January 16, 1968
- DARRYL ALAN GALLAUGHERSpecialist Four · March 4, 1968
- GLENN WILLIAM MOWREYCorporal · March 26, 1968
- ROBERT LEE SMITHStaff Sergeant · May 25, 1968
- NYLES BERNARD SKYLESCorporal · June 17, 1968
- STEVEN MICHAEL SCHLUEBPrivate · August 22, 1968
- HOWARD WILLIAM JONESSergeant · September 2, 1968
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.