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ORLA DANIEL HAMMACK
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 10, 1949 – June 7, 1970
Service recordOrla Daniel Hammack, of Columbus, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 7, 1970, in Cambodia, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 23
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- August 10, 1949
- Home of record
- Columbus, Ohio (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 7, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date June 7, 1970. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 62 of its members that month.
He died in Cambodia while the Cambodian incursion was under way. From 29 April to 30 June 1970, U.S. and South Vietnamese forces crossed into Cambodia to attack North Vietnamese base areas and supply caches; the announcement set off campus protests, including at Kent State.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 23
- JERE ALAN BARTONLieutenant Commander · June 7, 1970
- CHARLES RYA CRANFORDSpecialist Four · June 7, 1970
- WALTER GOLASZEWSKISpecialist Five · June 7, 1970
- DONALD DALE HALLCorporal · June 7, 1970
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES RYA CRANFORDSpecialist Four · Panel 9W, Line 23
- FRANCIS PEDRO VALDEZSpecialist Five · Panel 9W, Line 25
From Columbus
- LAWRENCE CLAIR HAMMONDChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 11, 1963
- JOHN FREDRICK STONEBURNERMajor · December 9, 1964
- TOMMY JOE BELCHERSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- ANDREW JACOB HINDERMANPrivate First Class · September 11, 1965
- WILLIAM BISHOP WOLFLance Corporal · October 14, 1965
- DENNIS SMITHCorporal · October 30, 1965
- CHARLES THOMAS MOORE JRSpecialist Five · November 17, 1965
- KENNETH POLINGSpecialist Four · November 21, 1965
- MORRIS LEE BARGYCorporal · November 29, 1965
- MORRIS E JENKINSSpecialist Five · December 2, 1965
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.