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ROBERT RICHARD HAMILTON
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
February 23, 1947 – September 29, 1968
Service recordRobert Richard Hamilton, of Cleveland, Ohio, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on September 29, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 42W, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42W · Line 40
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
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- February 23, 1947
- Home of record
- Cleveland, Ohio (Cuyahoga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 29, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date September 29, 1968; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 85 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 42W, Line 40
- WILLIE GENE GADDYPrivate First Class · September 29, 1968
- JOHN EDDIE GIBSONPrivate First Class · September 29, 1968
- RICHARD OWEN GULLIXSONPrivate First Class · September 29, 1968
- SHERWOOD DAVID KREISWarrant Officer 1 · September 29, 1968
Same unit, same day
- VAN LESLIE DURHAMSpecialist Four · Panel 42W, Line 39
From Cleveland
- HAROLD E STRONG JRSergeant First Class · January 23, 1965
- KENNETH LEE DEAN JRCaptain · April 20, 1965
- BOBBY RUSSELLSergeant First Class · June 10, 1965
- THOMAS H BOTTSSergeant First Class · September 4, 1965
- LEONARD JOHN DADANTEFirst Lieutenant · September 9, 1965
- JOHN PAUL DUCHNOWSKILance Corporal · November 5, 1965
- LAVALLE ERNEST CARLTONPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- DONALD ROBERT CLARKCaptain · November 9, 1965
- DAVID LOUIS MENDOZASpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD KILLENSSpecialist Four · December 5, 1965
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.