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PAUL GEORGE HAMILTON JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 30, 1946 – December 13, 1967
Service recordPaul George Hamilton JR, of Des Moines, Iowa, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 13, 1967, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 31E, Line 87 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31E · Line 87
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Cannon Fire Direction Specialist (13E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- August 30, 1946
- Home of record
- Des Moines, Iowa (Polk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 13, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date December 13, 1967; four of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 31E, Line 87
- JOHN EDWARD DAVISPrivate First Class · December 13, 1967
- CALVIN DONALD DAWKINSCorporal · December 13, 1967
- JOHN W FITZGERALD JRSergeant First Class · December 13, 1967
- LLOYD LYNN HITCHINSSecond Lieutenant · December 13, 1967
Same unit, same day
- DONALD RAY BURGESSPrivate First Class · Panel 31E, Line 86
- MICHAEL RAYE MCCORDSpecialist Four · Panel 31E, Line 88
From Des Moines
- CONNIE LEROY CHANDLERSergeant · November 20, 1965
- HARRY RICHARD CRUMLEYCaptain · January 25, 1966
- WALTER BOYCE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- MARSHALL MYRON HOLT JRCaptain · March 2, 1966
- STEPHEN PAUL ALSTEDPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- DENNIS ARNOLD MAYCaptain · April 29, 1966
- WILLIAM FREDRICK FREESTONEGunnery Sergeant · July 5, 1966
- JERRY LEE LEONARDISergeant First Class · July 10, 1966
- TERRY PATRICK SLOANPetty Officer First Class · November 9, 1966
- LOREN STEVEN REEVESSpecialist Four · November 11, 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.