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RUSSELL EARL HAMMOND
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
April 27, 1932 – November 5, 1965
Service recordRussell Earl Hammond, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 5, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 3E, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3E · Line 22
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 First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (12B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- April 27, 1932
- Home of record
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Allegheny County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 5, 1965
- Age
- 33
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date November 5, 1965. In November 1965, 545 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 318 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3E, Line 22
- GEORGE CARLTON MCCLEARYColonel · November 5, 1965
- LARRY ALLAN HENRY RAYSKIPrivate First Class · November 5, 1965
- ARLEN CLIFTON TUTTLEStaff Sergeant · November 5, 1965
- JAMES LOUIS ALLENPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
Same unit, same day
- ARLEN CLIFTON TUTTLEStaff Sergeant · Panel 3E, Line 22
From Pittsburgh
- CLEVELAND WILLIAM GORDONMajor · January 7, 1964
- THEODORE ALAN WINOWITCHPrivate First Class · December 30, 1964
- CHARLES FREDRICK CLYDESDALELieutenant (junior grade) · March 15, 1965
- WILLIAM DONAVAN BENNINGStaff Sergeant · May 11, 1965
- FRANK HUFFORD BLANKSergeant · August 18, 1965
- JOHN L JEMISONPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- FRANK JOSEPH NADANY JRSergeant First Class · October 31, 1965
- HARRY FRANCIS JEDRZEJEWSKIPlatoon Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- RONALD JOSEPH LOERLEINSergeant · November 25, 1965
- STUART KING TWEEDYSecond Lieutenant · December 18, 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.