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RICHARD LEE HAMMETT
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 23, 1948 – November 27, 1968
Service recordRichard Lee Hammett, of San Leandro, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 27, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 38W, Line 74 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38W · Line 74
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- July 23, 1948
- Home of record
- San Leandro, California (Alameda County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 27, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
61 names on the Wall carry the date November 27, 1968; 33 of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 98 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 38W, Line 74
- WILLIAM GIBBS JRPrivate First Class · November 27, 1968
- JIMMIE RAY GREENCorporal · November 27, 1968
- WILSON FITZGERALD HALLEYFirst Lieutenant · November 27, 1968
- BILLY CHARLES HUNTERSpecialist Four · November 27, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JERRY MARTIN DAUBERCorporal · Panel 38W, Line 72
- GORDON EARL DEGARMOFirst Lieutenant · Panel 38W, Line 72
- WAYNE JOHNATHAN ROGERSCorporal · Panel 38W, Line 78
- DWIGHT CUTLER SARJEANTFirst Lieutenant · Panel 38W, Line 78
- THEODORE ALFRED SWEATTSpecialist Four · Panel 38W, Line 79
- JOHN BURDETTE ULFERSSergeant · Panel 38W, Line 80
From San Leandro
- ROBERT LEWIS ENGBERSONSpecialist Four · May 6, 1966
- CLAE TERRY NORMANPrivate First Class · June 11, 1966
- LEO CHARLES LAWSONCorporal · July 25, 1966
- ARNOLD BRIAN WALLACEPrivate · January 25, 1967
- KENNETH EDWARD BYERSPrivate · April 4, 1967
- GAYLORD DEAN PETERSENLieutenant Colonel · September 11, 1967
- ROBERT THOMAS ABINAPrivate First Class · November 30, 1967
- JOSEPH D DAUGHTON JRPrivate First Class · February 13, 1968
- HARRY LEWIS BOYLESergeant First Class · July 23, 1968
- RICHARD FRANK WILLIAMSFirst Sergeant · January 8, 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.