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killed in

Vietnam

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wounds sulfered during a compat Open

    

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Arms Specialis:

 

Richard Hamilton, son of Mr, and iM
James E, Hamilton of 14555 Telegraph,
was engaged by a hostile force while
attached to his unit, A Battery, 4th
Batallion, 60th Artillery, 2nd Field
Force, He was killed by gunfire during
the clash,

 

The Hamilton youth, who attended Flat
Rock High School, entered the Army in
September, 1966, and completed basic
training at Ft. Knox, Ky. He took ad-
vanced training at Ft, Campbell, Ky.,
and served a tour of duty in Germany
before volunteering for duty in Vietnam.

He was born June 5, 1949, in Rock-
ford, Ala., to James and Myrtle Ham-
ilton,

Services for Specialist Hamilton are
pending at the Bobcean Funeral! Home in
Flat Rock.

Surviving are his parents; a brother,
Specialist Billy R. Hamilton, who is
stationed in Germany; three sisters,
Mrs. Bobby (Carolyn) Price of Monroe,
Mrs. Leonard (Betty) Miekos of Carle-
ton and Mrs. Charles (Katie) Magyar of
Flat Rock; his grandparents, Mr, and
Mrs. Riley Hamilton of Rockford, Ala.,
and Mrs, Ada Boswell of Sylacauga, Ala,,
and three nephews and a niece.