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ROBERT WAYNE HAMLIN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 11, 1948 – February 5, 1969
Service recordRobert Wayne Hamlin, of Conyers, Georgia, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 5, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 63 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · Line 63
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 82 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- March 11, 1948
- Home of record
- Conyers, Georgia (Rockdale County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 5, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date February 5, 1969; he was the only one lost in Hua Nghia Province that day. 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 33W, Line 63
- ALLEN JOSEPH GREENELance Corporal · February 5, 1969
- TONY LEE GRIFFITHSergeant · February 5, 1969
- GARY ROBERT HALEYLance Corporal · February 5, 1969
- TIMOTHY MICHAEL HARRINGTONSpecialist Four · February 5, 1969
From Conyers
- DANNY DEAN MCGEELance Corporal · January 23, 1967
- THOMAS RONNIE RANGE JRPrivate First Class · September 17, 1968
- JAMES EARL SKIPPERSpecialist Four · February 3, 1969
- DONALD WAYNE GARRETTPrivate First Class · May 12, 1969
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.