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RALPH GERALD HAMLIN JR
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
February 1, 1945 – November 29, 1965
Service recordRalph Gerald Hamlin JR, of Abington, Massachusetts, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 29, 1965, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 3E, Line 118 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3E · Line 118
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- February 1, 1945
- Home of record
- Abington, Massachusetts (Plymouth County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 29, 1965
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date November 29, 1965; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In November 1965, 545 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 3E, Line 118
- GEORGE LEO STOLTZMANCorporal · November 29, 1965
- LESTER ERWIN BECKERPrivate First Class · November 30, 1965
- TYRONE SIDNEY PANNELLSecond Lieutenant · November 30, 1965
- STEPHEN GOULD RICHARDSONLieutenant (junior grade) · November 30, 1965
From Abington
- RICHARD ALLAN FITTSStaff Sergeant · September 25, 1968
- GLENN RAYMOND GORDONPrivate First Class · March 3, 1969
- PETER BUGBEE CHRISTIANSONMajor · April 3, 1969
- RICHARD FRANCIS GLINIEWICZSpecialist Four · May 31, 1969
- ERNEST HAMMOND LAIDLERSpecialist Four · September 26, 1970
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.