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RALPH LAMAR HAMPTON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 23, 1946 – January 13, 1970
Service recordRalph Lamar Hampton, of Arcadia, Louisiana, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 13, 1970, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 30
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- August 23, 1946
- Home of record
- Arcadia, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 13, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date January 13, 1970; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 30
- RICHARD LEE SCOTTStaff Sergeant · January 12, 1970
- DAVID DEWAYNE TETTLETONSpecialist Four · January 12, 1970
- ANDRUS JAMES BLANCHARDSpecialist Four · January 13, 1970
- CLYDE PEYTON MEREDITHSpecialist Four · January 13, 1970
From Arcadia
- RODNEY WAYNE WESTCOTTPrivate First Class · July 22, 1966
- LARRY WAYNE MORELANDLance Corporal · January 19, 1969
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.