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ROBERT E LEE HAMILTON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 13, 1943 – January 8, 1968
Service recordRobert E Lee Hamilton, of Chattanooga, Tennessee, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 8, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 33E, Line 86 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33E · Line 86
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- April 13, 1943
- Home of record
- Chattanooga, Tennessee (Hamilton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 8, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
101 names on the Wall carry the date January 8, 1968; 25 of them were lost in Long An Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 97 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33E, Line 86
- MICHAEL JENNINGS HALLSecond Lieutenant · January 8, 1968
- HOWARD EMERSON HANSON JRSpecialist Four · January 8, 1968
- RONALD LEE HETLANDLance Corporal · January 8, 1968
- JOHN ROY HULBERTPrivate First Class · January 8, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RUSSELL KEITH BLATZSpecialist Four · Panel 33E, Line 79
- DANIEL RAYMOND BOWMANPrivate First Class · Panel 33E, Line 80
- JAMES LARRY BURNEYPrivate First Class · Panel 33E, Line 80
- ROBERT LEO CRAWLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 33E, Line 82
- PHILLIP JOHN EBERHARDTCorporal · Panel 33E, Line 83
- ROGER CHRISTOPHER FOXWORTHPrivate First Class · Panel 33E, Line 84
- DONALD WAYNE KEEPCorporal · Panel 33E, Line 85
- JAROLD EDWARD HUMPHREYPrivate First Class · Panel 33E, Line 87
- PAUL JOHNSON LIVELYPrivate First Class · Panel 33E, Line 88
- MICHAEL DAVID MARKSPrivate First Class · Panel 33E, Line 88
- RAINER K MORGANSergeant · Panel 33E, Line 89
- GLEN MARK MORRISONPrivate First Class · Panel 33E, Line 89
- JOHN GARY NIEDERMEYERPrivate First Class · Panel 33E, Line 90
- MARTIN EDWARD OGRADYPrivate First Class · Panel 33E, Line 90
- NELSON MONTAGUE ONEALCorporal · Panel 33E, Line 90
- RONNIE DEAN PENDERGRAFTPrivate First Class · Panel 33E, Line 91
- JUAN J PEREZFirst Sergeant · Panel 33E, Line 91
- CLYDE RAYMOND PHILLIPSStaff Sergeant · Panel 33E, Line 91
- JERRY EARL PRYSpecialist Four · Panel 33E, Line 92
- DANIEL REESE JRPrivate First Class · Panel 33E, Line 92
- STEPHEN JAMES STEWARTSpecialist Four · Panel 33E, Line 94
- WILLIAM EDWARD TIEMANSpecialist Four · Panel 34E, Line 1
- DONALD WOOLEYPrivate First Class · Panel 34E, Line 3
- ROBERT LEROY WRIGHTPrivate First Class · Panel 34E, Line 3
From Chattanooga
- JIMMY RICHARD GRIFFINSergeant · March 22, 1963
- GEORGE WILLIS MARTINSergeant First Class · October 11, 1964
- ARTHUR EUGENE NORMANAirman Second Class · January 16, 1965
- GLENN HOWELL KELLEYSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- JAMES T GRAYSergeant · April 24, 1965
- VIRGIL KIRKLAND JRSpecialist Four · November 12, 1965
- KENNETH LEON STANCILChief Warrant Officer 2 · December 28, 1965
- ELIJAH GOAR TOLLETT JRMajor · January 12, 1966
- RAPHNELL J MERONEYSergeant · January 29, 1966
- BILLY BROWN DAYPrivate · February 22, 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.