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PETE B HAMMOND
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
October 13, 1948 – September 14, 1969
Service recordPete B Hammond, of Belleville, Illinois, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 14, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 82 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 82
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- October 13, 1948
- Home of record
- Belleville, Illinois (St Clair County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 14, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date September 14, 1969; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 82
- JOHN ANTHONY HALLADAYPrivate First Class · September 14, 1969
- HAL HARRISPrivate First Class · September 14, 1969
- STEPHEN CARL HENDERSONPrivate First Class · September 14, 1969
- WALTER EARL HEYER JRPrivate First Class · September 14, 1969
From Belleville
- PHILIP CORY SMITHWarrant Officer 1 · March 29, 1966
- LAWRENCE EDWARD DENNYLance Corporal · July 24, 1966
- WILLIAM HOWARD THOMPSONFirst Lieutenant · February 28, 1967
- JOSEPH DUNN WYLIE IIIPrivate First Class · April 21, 1967
- JAMES EDWARD NEUMEYERAirman · July 29, 1967
- THOMAS EDWARD IRWINSpecialist Five · August 19, 1967
- LAWRENCE GEORGE GRASSSpecialist Four · August 31, 1967
- GLENN R EISENHOURSecond Lieutenant · November 13, 1967
- JOHN WAYNE LANKFORDCorporal · April 28, 1968
- TERRY PENSONEAUSecond Lieutenant · December 16, 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.