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WILLIAM BERNARD HAMACHER
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
July 11, 1949 – May 22, 1968
Service recordWilliam Bernard Hamacher, of Gloucester, New Jersey, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 22, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 65E, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 65E · Line 11
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- July 11, 1949
- Home of record
- Gloucester, New Jersey (Camden County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 22, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
73 names on the Wall carry the date May 22, 1968; 28 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 65E, Line 11
- STEVEN GARY HICKSSpecialist Four · May 22, 1968
- JOE RAYMOND HINESFirst Lieutenant · May 22, 1968
- DUANE FRANK HORGANLance Corporal · May 22, 1968
- JAMES EDWARD JOSHUA JRPrivate First Class · May 22, 1968
From Gloucester
- HARRY G BRANNONSergeant · August 15, 1966
- JOHN JOSEPH RODGERSPrivate First Class · January 15, 1967
- CHRISTOPHER MICHAEL DANIELSSergeant · February 3, 1968
- WILLIAM FRANCIS RIDGECorporal · August 24, 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.