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RICHARD MARK HAMMOND
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 4, 1947 – February 18, 1968
Service recordRichard Mark Hammond, of Buffalo, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 18, 1968, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 40E, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40E · Line 6
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- General Vehicle Repairman (63C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- February 4, 1947
- Home of record
- Buffalo, New York (Erie County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 18, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
85 names on the Wall carry the date February 18, 1968; seven of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 144 of its members that month.
He died in Phuoc Long Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 40E, Line 6
- DENNIS FRANCIS HAHNSpecialist Four · February 18, 1968
- LAWRENCE EVERETT HAMESLance Corporal · February 18, 1968
- JAMES PHILLIP HARKANSONPrivate · February 18, 1968
- DAVID WILLIAM HECKSergeant · February 18, 1968
Same unit, same day
- GREGORY JAMES EVANSPrivate First Class · Panel 40E, Line 3
- RICHARD HERBERT FOXSecond Lieutenant · Panel 40E, Line 5
- CARROLL BRUCE FULLERPrivate First Class · Panel 40E, Line 5
- CLARENCE F MAAS IIISergeant · Panel 40E, Line 9
- ROBERT LEE MOSLEYStaff Sergeant · Panel 40E, Line 10
- DAVID M SCHASRESpecialist Four · Panel 40E, Line 12
- DANIEL R SCOTTPrivate First Class · Panel 40E, Line 13
From Buffalo
- RICHARD MARION SROKACaptain · July 13, 1964
- KENNETH DAVID STANKIEWICZLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- THEODORE ROOSEVELT CHAMBLEYStaff Sergeant · October 16, 1965
- HENRY JOHN PAWLICK JRSpecialist Four · November 7, 1965
- THOMAS GEORGE HENSONSpecialist Four · November 12, 1965
- WILBUR CURRY JRStaff Sergeant · November 15, 1965
- RICHARD P CORSONPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- HENRY JAMES DOSTERCorporal · March 5, 1966
- DUANE KENNETH HEISERPrivate First Class · March 15, 1966
- MICHAEL KELLY MCGUIREAirman · February 16, 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.