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WILLIAM ROBERT HAMLIN
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
October 10, 1939 – December 8, 1964
Service recordWilliam Robert Hamlin, of Seattle, Washington, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on December 8, 1964, in South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 74 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 74
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- October 10, 1939
- Home of record
- Seattle, Washington (King County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 8, 1964
- Age
- 25
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Five names on the Wall carry the date December 8, 1964. In December 1964, 36 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 16 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 74
- ROLAND VINCENT JAGER JRPrivate First Class · December 6, 1964
- JAMES G DUNTONFirst Lieutenant · December 8, 1964
- GUY THOMAS FREELANDSergeant First Class · December 8, 1964
- NORMAN WALTER HECK JRCaptain · December 8, 1964
Same unit, same day
- JAMES G DUNTONFirst Lieutenant · Panel 1E, Line 74
- GUY THOMAS FREELANDSergeant First Class · Panel 1E, Line 74
- NORMAN WALTER HECK JRCaptain · Panel 1E, Line 74
From Seattle
- RICHARD WEBB GEYERMajor · July 6, 1963
- HARRY ALLEN WALLINGSergeant · June 19, 1964
- BERNARD WAYNE DIBBERTLieutenant Colonel · June 1, 1965
- MOON WAI LOCKSpecialist Four · June 28, 1965
- WALTER JOHN ZIMMERPrivate First Class · August 23, 1965
- ROBERT FRANKLIN BARBERLieutenant · September 18, 1965
- STEPHEN GOULD RICHARDSONLieutenant (junior grade) · November 30, 1965
- JACOB DRUMMOND LOGANLieutenant (junior grade) · December 2, 1965
- DANIEL JOHN GUILMETPrivate First Class · December 18, 1965
- GUY DAVID JOHNSONCaptain · December 20, 1965
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.