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TEDDY LEON HAMEL
Corporal · U.S. Army
August 26, 1948 – November 25, 1969
Service recordTeddy Leon Hamel, of Whiting, Indiana, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on November 25, 1969, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 121 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 121
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- August 26, 1948
- Home of record
- Whiting, Indiana (Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 25, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date November 25, 1969; four of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 74 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 121
- EVERETT GORE JRCorporal · November 25, 1969
- GARY PATRICK HERSHBERGERSergeant · November 25, 1969
- PAUL RICHARD LAVEZZOLISecond Lieutenant · November 25, 1969
- ROBERT JOHN NADEAUStaff Sergeant · November 25, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RAYMOND KYLE DISMUKESSpecialist Four · Panel 16W, Line 120
- EVERETT GORE JRCorporal · Panel 16W, Line 121
- PAUL RICHARD LAVEZZOLISecond Lieutenant · Panel 16W, Line 121
- JERRY DOUGLAS RAWLSCorporal · Panel 16W, Line 122
From Whiting
- DAVID GRANT BROWNCorporal · October 14, 1965
- RICHARD FRANCIS BUBALAPrivate First Class · April 11, 1966
- RONALD PHILIP SOUCYPetty Officer First Class · May 23, 1967
- GERALD FRANCIS LENZPrivate First Class · January 20, 1968
- MICHAEL J KURELLACorporal · February 14, 1968
- DENNIS ROBERT MUVICHSecond Lieutenant · May 19, 1968
- JOHN ROBERT KLAPAK JRSpecialist Four · May 4, 1969
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.