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Ralph Gerald Hamlin, Jr
Private First Class
K CO, 3RD BN, 9TH MARINES, 3RD MARDIV, III MAF United States Marine Corps Abington, Massachusetts February 01, 1945 to November 29, 1965 RALPH G HAMLIN Jr is on the Wall at Panel 3E, Line 118 |
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My childhood memories are mostly gone now. We get older and try and remember. The thing that hurts most is that you never had a chance to go through that. Your life was cut short over there. I am able to grow older and have the experiences that life gives me. Feel the joys and pains that come with it. A couple of friends and I were talking abut the bow and arrow fight we had. It suddenly stopped when someone was hit in the mouth with an arrow. You were not able to say how well you did making your own bow and arrow. I wish to thank you for the ultimate sacrifice that you made for me and your Country.
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A Note from The Virtual WallOn 29 Nov 1965 a patrol from Kilo 3/9 was operating in the vicinity of Bich Bac, a hamlet located about 13 kilometers south-southwest of Danang airfield. Four Marines were killed and five wounded by an explosion of undetermined origin. The four men killed were
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