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ROBERT WILLIS HATTON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 24, 1945 – November 13, 1966
Service recordRobert Willis Hatton, of Hamilton, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 13, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 67 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 67
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- May 24, 1945
- Home of record
- Hamilton, Ohio (Butler County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 13, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date November 13, 1966. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 101 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 67
- JOSEPH XAVIER GRANTCaptain · November 13, 1966
- ERNEST E LAYAOU JRMajor · November 13, 1966
- FRED RODRIGUEZ LIDERSpecialist Four · November 13, 1966
- JAMES ROBERT ALL NORTHERNPrivate First Class · November 13, 1966
Same unit, same day
- AARON BLANDINGSergeant · Panel 12E, Line 65
- EDWARD CARROLASpecialist Four · Panel 12E, Line 65
- CLARENCE LEROY CASTOStaff Sergeant · Panel 12E, Line 66
- MOZIE LEE COLEPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 66
- SAMUEL DON DANNAPrivate · Panel 12E, Line 66
- JOSEPH XAVIER GRANTCaptain · Panel 12E, Line 67
- FRED RODRIGUEZ LIDERSpecialist Four · Panel 12E, Line 67
- JAMES ROBERT ALL NORTHERNPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 67
- LOUIS WILLIAM POTEMPAPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 68
- JOHN ROBERT SCHULTZSpecialist Four · Panel 12E, Line 68
- WILLIAM FORSYTH SPERRYSpecialist Four · Panel 12E, Line 68
- DONALD CHARLES VAUGHANSpecialist Four · Panel 12E, Line 69
- RALPH O WATTSSpecialist Four · Panel 12E, Line 69
- TERRY LEE WEBERPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 70
From Hamilton
- STANLEY SERGEANT SHAWLieutenant · February 11, 1964
- NELSON EDDIE WILSONPrivate First Class · September 1, 1965
- EUGENE LEE ELLWOODCorporal · October 3, 1965
- LEON PARNELL LAMPLEYPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- THOMAS FREDERICK BRUCKChief Petty Officer · January 10, 1966
- THOMAS EDWARD MILESPrivate First Class · March 29, 1966
- PAUL LEWIN CONRADPrivate First Class · May 24, 1966
- SAMUEL LEWIS HUFFMANPrivate First Class · July 25, 1966
- KENNETH RAY BERTSCHSpecialist Four · September 13, 1966
- WALTER MARCUMPrivate First Class · September 29, 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.