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RICHARD LENARD HAMILTON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 31, 1946 – February 26, 1971
Service recordRichard Lenard Hamilton, of East Detroit, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 26, 1971, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 6
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- May 31, 1946
- Home of record
- East Detroit, Michigan (Macomb County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 26, 1971
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date February 26, 1971; two of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In February 1971, 387 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 6
- PETER MITCHELL LOPEZ JRSpecialist Four · February 25, 1971
- LUIS A QUINONES-RODRIQUEZPrivate · February 25, 1971
- RICHARD KEITH SOMERSMajor · February 25, 1971
- ROY LYNN PETTYSergeant · February 26, 1971
From East Detroit
- CHARLES AUGUST KRONBERGSpecialist Four · January 31, 1968
- GEORGE DAVID WHITELAWCorporal · February 25, 1968
- RONNIE LEE OBNEYPrivate First Class · May 8, 1968
- DONALD KENT MCLEANSergeant · February 7, 1969
- CHARLES FRANCIS COOKSergeant · March 28, 1969
- CASIMIR KULIKSergeant · December 12, 1969
- PATRICK TRACYFireman · March 8, 1970
- KENNETH STANLEY GNIEWEKCorporal · September 5, 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.