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ROBERT POST HAMPTON JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 7, 1951 – June 29, 1970
Service recordRobert Post Hampton JR, of Levittown, Pennsylvania, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 29, 1970, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 101 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 101
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- September 7, 1951
- Home of record
- Levittown, Pennsylvania (Bucks County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 29, 1970
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date June 29, 1970; three of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 101
- JAMES THOMAS WEBBERPrivate First Class · June 28, 1970
- DONALD DEANE ALDERNCaptain · June 29, 1970
- CALVIN WILLIAM BINDER IICaptain · June 29, 1970
- BRUCE WILLIAM HESKETTFirst Lieutenant · June 29, 1970
Same unit, same day
- BRUCE WILLIAM HESKETTFirst Lieutenant · Panel 9W, Line 101
- JAMES ALOYSIUS SCHACHTNERSergeant · Panel 9W, Line 102
From Levittown
- JOSEPH PAUL YATSKO JRFirst Lieutenant · December 18, 1965
- JOHN WILLIAM THOMASSpecialist Four · January 10, 1966
- ALAN ROBERT SCHULTZLance Corporal · August 11, 1967
- PATRICK ROBERT ROYPrivate First Class · December 16, 1967
- THEODORE K KALEIKINI JRSergeant · January 18, 1968
- DENNIS THOMAS CUNNANEPrivate First Class · January 31, 1968
- JAMES WALKER GUESTPrivate First Class · February 20, 1968
- STEVEN MICHAEL BEZENSKISpecialist Five · March 26, 1968
- STANLEY R STELLMACH JRSergeant · April 14, 1968
- MICHAEL FRANCIS DEENY IIIPrivate First Class · May 21, 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.