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ROBERT LEE HAMILTON JR
Corporal · U.S. Army
June 26, 1946 – September 28, 1968
Service recordRobert Lee Hamilton JR, of Liberty, Texas, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on September 28, 1968, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 42W, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42W · Line 35
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- June 26, 1946
- Home of record
- Liberty, Texas (Liberty County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 28, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date September 28, 1968. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 42W, Line 35
- DAVID LLOYD DIXONPetty Officer Third Class · September 28, 1968
- RAYMOND E EVANSCorporal · September 28, 1968
- DAVID PAUL HALPINFireman · September 28, 1968
- AUSTIN WILLIAM HAVERKAMPStaff Sergeant · September 28, 1968
From Liberty
- EMMITT JAMES WILKEY JRGunnery Sergeant · September 8, 1966
- RONALD GENE PHEARSWarrant Officer 1 · April 4, 1968
- JAMES WESLEY BARTONStaff Sergeant · May 5, 1968
- THOMAS ARTHUR MCADAMSCaptain · February 28, 1969
- LARRY WAYNE MARTINPrivate First Class · June 7, 1969
- NELLO BALDWIN JRCorporal · January 7, 1971
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.