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ROGER DALE HAMILTON
Gunnery Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
August 16, 1948 – April 21, 1967
Service recordRoger Dale Hamilton, of Baltimore, Maryland, served as a Gunnery Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He was lost on April 21, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 59 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 59
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Gunnery Sergeant (GYSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- F CO 1 MAR 1 MAR IDV
- Born
- August 16, 1948
- Home of record
- Baltimore, Maryland (Baltimore (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- April 21, 1967
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- First reported
- Missing in action
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
58 names on the Wall carry the date April 21, 1967; 48 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 18E, Line 59
- EDWARD DEAN GOULDStaff Sergeant · April 21, 1967
- LARRY WAYNE GREERPrivate First Class · April 21, 1967
- GARY RICHARD HARTMANCorporal · April 21, 1967
- TAMADGE CECIL STEVENS JRLance Corporal · April 21, 1967
From Baltimore
- EVERETTE LEROY DONALDSONPrivate First Class · June 29, 1964
- WILLIAM EDWARD FOWLERLance Corporal · July 9, 1965
- FRANK ROBERT SAXONLance Corporal · September 14, 1965
- JAMES MCKINLEY LONGPrivate First Class · October 5, 1965
- THOMAS JAMES SCHINDLERSergeant · October 5, 1965
- SAMUEL L HOLMANSergeant · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD DEANE OTTStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ODELL VAUGHANStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ANTHONY WATSONSecond Lieutenant · December 4, 1965
- PHILIP JAMES MCCARTHYSergeant · 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.