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RICHARD ELMER HAMILTON
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
April 24, 1935 – October 6, 1962
Service recordRichard Elmer Hamilton, of Albuquerque, New Mexico, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 6, 1962, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 12
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
- A/C Analog Display System Sace Technician (6442)
- Born
- April 24, 1935
- Home of record
- Albuquerque, New Mexico (Bernalillo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 6, 1962
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date October 6, 1962; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In October 1962, 11 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 12
- THOMAS EDWARD ANDERSONCorporal · October 6, 1962
- GERALD CHARLES GRIFFINLieutenant · October 6, 1962
- GERALD OWEN NORTONPetty Officer Second Class · October 6, 1962
- JERALD WAYNE PENDELLSergeant · October 6, 1962
From Albuquerque
- RICHARD EUGENE HEISTERFirst Lieutenant · June 2, 1965
- DONALD CHARLES PATCHCaptain · October 2, 1965
- LON M FLETCHERPrivate · October 5, 1965
- PEDRO PADILLASergeant · March 28, 1966
- WILLIAM LEROY WALTONPrivate First Class · April 25, 1966
- GEORGE DAYTON ADAMSSergeant · April 26, 1966
- JACOB HENRY FOWNERPrivate First Class · May 2, 1966
- JUAN DIEGO SANCHEZPrivate First Class · July 22, 1966
- BENNY SENAPrivate First Class · July 25, 1966
- DAVID EARL GARRAPYCorporal · August 25, 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.