Cal Thomas Hammack

The database page for Cal Thomas Hammack

07 Feb 2008 I grew up in the same small town as Tom and his two brothers. I saw Tom in October, 1968 in Danang. I was on in-country R&R and he was on a hospital ship recovering from a wound or illness. He rode by me on a truck and yelled my name and jumped off. We talked for a few minutes and then he left saying he had to get back to the ship. I came home in December and went to his funeral in February. He was killed by friendly fire. From a friend, John Hargesheimer E-Mail will be forwarded by the Webmaster@VirtualWall.org

A Note from The Virtual Wall The Command Chronology for 2nd Bn, 26th Marines, records losing 6 men on 29 January 1969. Two entries in the Chronology apply: E Company 2/26 reported two men wounded and one killed by sniper fire. "At AT965568, Company G was hit by 2 rounds of 81mm WP and 4 rounds of 81mm HE friendly fire resulting in 5 USMC KIA and 8 USMC WIAE." The casualty databases show six men from 2/26 killed in action on 29 Jan 1967, and five of them can be positively identified as assigned to Golf 2/26. The six men are LCpl Cal T. Hammack, Sellersburg, IN (Golf 2/26) HN Larry F. Hunt, Gadsden, AL (H&S 2/26) LCpl John R. Kaawa, Waianae, HI (Golf 2/26) Pfc William R. Douillette, Concord, NH (Golf 2/26) Pfc Frank M. Koerner, Wheeling, WV (Golf 2/26) Pfc Samuel Rodriquez, Philadelphia, PA (Golf 2/26) Hospitalman Larry Hunt was killed by sniper fire; the other five men were killed by off-target mortar fire.

The point-of-contact for this memorial is a friend, John Hargesheimer E-Mail may be forwarded via the Webmaster@VirtualWall.org

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With all respect
Jim Schueckler, former CW2, US Army
Ken Davis, Commander, United States Navy (Ret)
Memorial first published on 07 Feb 2008
Last updated 02/09/2008