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ROLAND CHARLES HAMILTON
First Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
September 9, 1942 – July 22, 1969
Service recordRoland Charles Hamilton, of Anaheim, California, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 22, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 34
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
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Tank Officer (I) (1802)
- Born
- September 9, 1942
- Home of record
- Anaheim, California (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 22, 1969
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date July 22, 1969; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 34
- CHARLES WALTER JOHNSONPrivate First Class · July 22, 1969
- JOSEPH ALLEN MARASCOPrivate First Class · July 22, 1969
- LARRY GAY POOLSpecialist Four · July 22, 1969
- CARL DOUGLAS SHIRLEYFirst Lieutenant · July 22, 1969
From Anaheim
- JAMES LEAVELL PURSERChief Warrant Officer 2 · June 19, 1965
- JOHN VELCO FIORENTINSecond Lieutenant · November 23, 1965
- BOBBY JOE ALBERTONChief Master Sergeant · May 31, 1966
- DENNIS JOHN CULLENPrivate First Class · June 25, 1966
- MICHAEL RAY MCCOMMONSPrivate First Class · December 11, 1966
- ROBERT FRANK VERNESPrivate First Class · February 16, 1967
- MAX ANDY LOPEZSpecialist Four · March 8, 1967
- JOHN ALAN FRICKPrivate First Class · May 2, 1967
- DAVID WILLIAM LINNCorporal · May 7, 1967
- JAMES ARTHUR NICHOLSONLance Corporal · May 14, 1967
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.