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RUSSELL LEE HAMILTON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 28, 1945 – May 4, 1966
Service recordRussell Lee Hamilton, of Rodney, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 4, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 25
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (12B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- A CO 1 ENG BN 1 INF DIV
- Born
- May 28, 1945
- Home of record
- Rodney, Ohio (Gallia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 4, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date May 4, 1966. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 25
- JOSEPH EMILE BRUNELLELance Corporal · August 24, 1965
- J D HARRELLMaster Sergeant · May 4, 1966
- MELVIN ELLSWORTH HARTPrivate · May 4, 1966
- GENE HAWTHORNEStaff Sergeant · May 4, 1966
- ESTEL HUSKEYLance Corporal · May 4, 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.