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WINSTON CLINTON HAMILTON
Corporal · U.S. Army
November 22, 1944 – December 3, 1967
Service recordWinston Clinton Hamilton, of Charleston, South Carolina, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on December 3, 1967, in Binh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 31E, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31E · Line 29
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- November 22, 1944
- Home of record
- Charleston, South Carolina (Charleston County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 3, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date December 3, 1967; he was the only one lost in Binh Thuan Province that day. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 33 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31E, Line 29
- CHRISTOPHER ANDREWSPrivate First Class · December 3, 1967
- ROSS ALLEN DYKEMASpecialist Four · December 3, 1967
- WESLEY GREENCaptain · December 3, 1967
- JOSEPH HEALYSpecialist Four · December 3, 1967
From Charleston
- CLARENCE LARRY MOORERCaptain · December 12, 1963
- THEODORE RICHARDSONSpecialist Four · October 2, 1965
- CHARLES GALE DUSINGChief Master Sergeant · October 31, 1965
- EARL CLAYTON GRAHAMSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- HAROLD T EDMONDSON JRCorporal · January 30, 1966
- JAMES BRADLEYSergeant · February 5, 1966
- BURTON ALEXANDER BLANTONCaptain · March 30, 1966
- WALTER H ANDERSONPrivate First Class · April 16, 1966
- RANDOLPH CLINTON SCOTTPrivate First Class · May 18, 1966
- HAROLD MACK JRPrivate First Class · May 21, 1966
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.