Rank: Specialist 4
Unit: G Troop, 2nd Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment
MOS: 11D – Armor Reconnaissance Specialist
Awards: Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
Badges: Combat Infantryman Badge
Unit awards: Valorous Unit Award, Vietnamese Gallantry Cross with Palm device
Enlisted by: Selected Service
Date of birth: 19-Sep-1943
Hometown: Birmingham, Alabama
Marital status: Married to Dorothy G. Hamner
Campaign: Vietnam Conflict
Entered service: 15-Jun-1967
Start of tour: 25-Nov-1967
Incident date: 31-Jul-1968
Date of casualty: 31-Jul-1968
Age at death: 24
Cause of death: Hostile, died. Explosive Device. Other explosive device.
Charles Hamner died from wounds received while on combat operation when a hostile mine detonated in the area.
Location of fatality: Binh Duong, South Vietnam
Place of interment: New Grace Hill Cemetery, Birmingham, Alabama, USA
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