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ROBERT THEODORE HAMILTON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 12, 1948 – February 11, 1969
Service recordRobert Theodore Hamilton, of South Ozone Park, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 11, 1969, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 32W, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32W · Line 12
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 Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 82 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- February 12, 1948
- Home of record
- South Ozone Park, New York (Queens County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 11, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date February 11, 1969; two of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 82nd Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32W, Line 12
- DANNY JOE DODDCorporal · February 11, 1969
- JOEL LYNN GABRIELCorporal · February 11, 1969
- WILLIAM DAVID GOUGER JRSpecialist Four · February 11, 1969
- RONALD LEE GROVESSergeant · February 11, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JAMES EVERETT MCKEESergeant First Class · Panel 32W, Line 15
- GARY EDWARD REYNOLDSPrivate First Class · Panel 32W, Line 16
From South Ozone Park
- RONALD EDWARD STORZLieutenant Colonel · April 28, 1965
- JOHN HENRY ROBERTSPrivate First Class · February 28, 1966
- GARY STEVEN KADETZSecond Lieutenant · May 19, 1966
- ARTHUR EDMUND DONOVANCorporal · January 25, 1967
- JONATHAN BLUE JRPrivate · November 26, 1967
- ANTHONY LOUIS CAPOZZIPrivate First Class · February 16, 1968
- ERNEST MAEHUE HODGESSpecialist Four · June 24, 1968
- WILLIAM JOSEPH MACFARLANEPrivate First Class · January 13, 1969
- ALAN HOWARD JOHNSONSpecialist Five · February 6, 1970
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.