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HONORED ON PANEL 4W, LINE 6 OF THE WALL

RICHARD LENARD HAMILTON

WALL NAME

RICHARD L HAMILTON

PANEL / LINE

4W/6

DATE OF BIRTH

05/31/1946

CASUALTY PROVINCE

BIEN HOA

DATE OF CASUALTY

02/26/1971

HOME OF RECORD

EAST DETROIT

COUNTY OF RECORD

Wayne County

STATE

MI

BRANCH OF SERVICE

ARMY

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POSTED ON 12.12.2024

Ground Casualty

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During the drawdown of American forces in Vietnam in 1971, the number of U.S. combat maneuver battalions operating in Military Region III dropped from sixteen to five by year’s end. The remaining 2nd Brigade, 25th Infantry Division troopers joined the South Vietnamese in hunting down the enemy, disrupting his logistical network, screening the approaches to Saigon, assisting with pacification, and training the South Vietnamese for the day when they would have to stand alone. Elements of 1st Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment were stationed at Fire Support Base Maria, located on National Route QL-1, one kilometer (0.6 miles) southwest of Ga Trang Bom in Bien Hoa Province, RVN. On the early morning of February 26, 1971, a trooper from C-1/27th shot himself while performing guard duty in a perimeter bunker. PFC Richard L. Hamilton was found on the ground with a wound to his left center chest. An M16 rifle lay next to him. He was transported to the 93rd Evacuation Hospital on Long Binh Post where he was dead on arrival. A postmortem study concluded his death was intentionally self-inflicted; however, when the Army released a final casualty report on April 1, 1971, it inexplicably changed the narrative to “accidental gunshot wound,” ostensibly to reduce the number of reportable suicides among U.S. troops in Vietnam. Hamilton was 24 years old. [Taken from coffeltdatabase.org]
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POSTED ON 12.8.2024

PFC Richard L. Hamilton’s Military ID

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Image courtesy of Redbird Research LLC, Saint Charles, MO.
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POSTED ON 5.31.2023
POSTED BY: Dennis Wriston

I'm Proud of Our Vietnam Veterans

Private First Class Richard Lenard Hamilton, Served with Company C, 1st Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 25th Infantry Division, United States Army Vietnam.
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POSTED ON 11.16.2022
POSTED BY: John Fabris

honoring you...

A butterfly lights beside us like a sunbeam
And for a brief moment its glory
and beauty belong to our world
But then it flies again
And though we wish it could have stayed...
We feel lucky to have seen it.
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POSTED ON 5.31.2022
POSTED BY: Jason Kolbusz

Thank you!

We thank you for your service and thank you for keeping us safe!
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