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PAUL HAMILTON JR
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
April 28, 1938 – October 3, 1965
Service recordPaul Hamilton JR, of Saginaw, Michigan, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 3, 1965, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 103 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 103
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- April 28, 1938
- Home of record
- Saginaw, Michigan (Saginaw County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 3, 1965
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date October 3, 1965; 13 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In October 1965, 236 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 103
- ROBERT WARREN ALLENPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- NELTON RAYMOND BRYANTSergeant · October 3, 1965
- LOUIE GENE FRITTSPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- MICHAEL RAYMOND FULKPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
From Saginaw
- BRICKIE BOWMAN JRPrivate · May 23, 1965
- HEZEKIAH GOSS JRSpecialist Five · January 15, 1966
- ROBERT ALLEN KOWALSKICorporal · January 25, 1966
- TERRY R MCLEANStaff Sergeant · April 2, 1966
- WILLIAM JOSEPH COXPrivate First Class · October 13, 1966
- MILES DENNIS COOPERPrivate First Class · November 19, 1966
- EDWARD EARL SCHELLPrivate First Class · February 6, 1967
- JOHN ROBERT CUSHMANSpecialist Four · March 20, 1967
- STANLEY FOSTER BARRETTPrivate First Class · April 27, 1967
- RICHARD J LOISELLEPrivate First Class · May 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.