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VIRGIL VERN HAMILTON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 1, 1948 – May 30, 1969
Service recordVirgil Vern Hamilton, of Brooksville, Florida, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 30, 1969, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 21
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 (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- August 1, 1948
- Home of record
- Brooksville, Florida (Hernando County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 30, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date May 30, 1969; he was the only one lost in Kon Tum Province that day. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 29 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 23W, Line 21
- DANNY WAYNE HARGISSpecialist Five · May 30, 1969
- THOMAS EARL HAYSWarrant Officer 1 · May 30, 1969
- FREDERICK PETER JOHNSON JRSergeant · May 30, 1969
- LOUIS JOHNSONSpecialist Four · May 30, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JAMES FRANCIS BECKERCorporal · Panel 23W, Line 19
- JEROME LISTON COLLINSCorporal · Panel 23W, Line 20
From Brooksville
- DENVER DEWEY COLBURN JRCaptain · January 8, 1968
- HERCULES LEE MOORELance Corporal · May 26, 1968
- CHARLES BRIAN KEATHLEYLance Corporal · July 14, 1968
- WASHINGTON MORRIS LANGLEYSpecialist Four · October 2, 1969
- DANNY WAYNE OVERTONPrivate First Class · January 4, 1970
- DENNIS EDWARD VACENOVSKYFirst Lieutenant · October 5, 1970
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.