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WILLIAM JOHN HAMMER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 6, 1950 – March 13, 1971
Service recordWilliam John Hammer, of Nassau, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 13, 1971, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 44 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 44
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- January 6, 1950
- Home of record
- Nassau, New York (Rensselaer County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 13, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date March 13, 1971; six of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In March 1971, 429 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 77 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 44
- ROBERT SAYE GOOD JRSpecialist Four · March 13, 1971
- SAMMY FLOYD ISAACSPrivate First Class · March 13, 1971
- EDDIE WAYNE VENCILLSpecialist Four · March 13, 1971
- JAMES CRAIG WARDStaff Sergeant · March 13, 1971
Same unit, same day
- EUGENE ALLENPrivate First Class · Panel 4W, Line 43
- NEAL STEVEN CROWDERSergeant · Panel 4W, Line 43
- EDDIE WAYNE VENCILLSpecialist Four · Panel 4W, Line 44
- JAMES CRAIG WARDStaff Sergeant · Panel 4W, Line 44
- STEVEN RUDOLPH WHITESpecialist Four · Panel 4W, Line 45
From Nassau
- FREDERICK JOHN BURNSSergeant · December 25, 1967
- WALTER ROY SCHMIDT JRCaptain · June 9, 1968
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.