The Wall › Panel 22E › Texas › William Lloyd Hamlin
WILLIAM LLOYD HAMLIN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 12, 1943 – June 23, 1967
Service recordWilliam Lloyd Hamlin, of Palacios, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 23, 1967, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 22E, Line 54 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22E · Line 54
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.
Remember
Did you know him? Family members and friends are invited to share a photograph or a memory. Nothing is posted until it has been reviewed.
Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- March 12, 1943
- Home of record
- Palacios, Texas (Matagorda County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 23, 1967
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- 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 June 23, 1967; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 59 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22E, Line 54
- MICHAEL GAIL HARVEYWarrant Officer 1 · June 23, 1967
- ERNEST LEON HURDPrivate First Class · June 23, 1967
- CHARLES LEO JOHNSONFirst Lieutenant · June 23, 1967
- HARRY JONESPrivate First Class · June 24, 1967
From Palacios
- MICHAEL ABEL PIERCESpecialist Four · January 1, 1971
- CURTIS DANIEL MILLERMajor · March 29, 1972
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.