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WILLIAM EUGENE HAMILTON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 26, 1947 – September 29, 1967
Service recordWilliam Eugene Hamilton, of Scottsdale, Arizona, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 29, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 28
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- March 26, 1947
- Home of record
- Scottsdale, Arizona (Maricopa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 29, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date September 29, 1967; 15 of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 39 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 28
- JAMES BENJAMIN FIELDSSergeant First Class · September 29, 1967
- DAVID ANTHONY GENTRYCorporal · September 29, 1967
- KENNETH LEON GREENSpecialist Four · September 29, 1967
- RICHARD KENEFICK HARVELLLance Corporal · September 29, 1967
Same unit, same day
- CULLEN BARKSDALE JRSergeant · Panel 27E, Line 27
- EDWARD CHARLES BECKSpecialist Four · Panel 27E, Line 27
- WILLIE FARMER JRSergeant · Panel 27E, Line 27
- JAMES BENJAMIN FIELDSSergeant First Class · Panel 27E, Line 28
- DAVID ANTHONY GENTRYCorporal · Panel 27E, Line 28
- KENNETH LEON GREENSpecialist Four · Panel 27E, Line 28
- CRAIG ALLAN MCDANIELStaff Sergeant · Panel 27E, Line 30
- CLYDE VERNON MOOREFirst Lieutenant · Panel 27E, Line 30
- GEORGE EDWARD OVERSHINECorporal · Panel 27E, Line 30
- CLARENCE RIVERSPrivate First Class · Panel 27E, Line 31
- ROBERT JEREMIAH SMITHCorporal · Panel 27E, Line 32
- GEORGE HENRY ULRICHCorporal · Panel 27E, Line 32
- WILLIAM EARL WILSONSergeant · Panel 27E, Line 33
From Scottsdale
- WILLIAM CHARLES TOTHPrivate First Class · October 27, 1964
- CURTIS RAY TARKINGTONPrivate First Class · October 6, 1965
- JOHN FRANKLIN BOYCEFirst Lieutenant · August 15, 1966
- LEONARD ARVIN ENOSSpecialist Four · May 25, 1967
- ELGAN LEROY MOOREStaff Sergeant · December 4, 1967
- DAVID JOHN MONCAVAGEPrivate First Class · February 14, 1968
- GREGG R FOURMENTINPrivate First Class · April 3, 1968
- DONALD RAY HANNACorporal · April 25, 1968
- JACK DAVID CARTERPrivate First Class · March 25, 1969
- LOWELL STEPHEN POWERSChief Warrant Officer 3 · April 2, 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.