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ROBERT RALPH HAMMER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 1, 1948 – May 14, 1968
Service recordRobert Ralph Hammer, of San Jose, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 14, 1968, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 60E, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 60E · Line 11
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
- December 1, 1948
- Home of record
- San Jose, California (Santa Clara County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 14, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date May 14, 1968; three of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 236 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 60E, Line 11
- RONALD THOMAS DOGGETTPrivate First Class · May 14, 1968
- JAMES WILLIAM FOUSPrivate First Class · May 14, 1968
- ROBERT JOHN GROTHAUS IIPrivate First Class · May 14, 1968
- RICHARD JOSEPH GUERREROSergeant · May 14, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD JAMES BECK JRSpecialist Four · Panel 60E, Line 8
- EDWARD DAVID CROWSergeant · Panel 60E, Line 9
- GEORGE LINWOOD MUNDY JRSergeant · Panel 60E, Line 15
- STEPHEN ROLLEY POWELLCorporal · Panel 60E, Line 16
- KENNETH DEAN RYNNINGSergeant · Panel 60E, Line 16
From San Jose
- JOHN WILLIAM IRVING JRFirst Lieutenant · May 8, 1965
- WARREN LESTER ANDERSONCaptain · January 13, 1966
- AUGUSTO MARIA XAVIERFirst Lieutenant · March 10, 1966
- LARRY MICHAEL JORDANLieutenant Commander · April 12, 1966
- RICHARD MICHAEL PATRICKSpecialist Four · May 17, 1966
- GEORGE ALLEN WALDRONPrivate First Class · October 3, 1966
- DALLAS GEORGE GRUNDYPrivate First Class · November 5, 1966
- WILLIAM ALLEN PALENSKEPrivate First Class · November 18, 1966
- RAYMOND BERNAL JRSpecialist Four · November 30, 1966
- WILLIAM DONALD COOK JRSergeant · December 17, 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.