Second Lieutenant Hamilton was initially assigned to the 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, Company E, with additional duty of S-3 (Training/Operations) for the 2nd Battalion. He was later transferred to HQ Company 2nd Battalion and then to Company D.
Lt Hamilton participated in the D-Day jump into Normandy on 6 June 1944. He was listed in Company D Morning Reports as being seriously wounded on 4 July 1944 and then as having died of his wounds on 5 July 1944.
He was initially interred in the Blosville temporary cemetery in Plot D, Row 3, Grave 59. His remains were repatriated and laid to rest in his home area.
Lt Hamilton participated in the D-Day jump into Normandy on 6 June 1944. He was listed in Company D Morning Reports as being seriously wounded on 4 July 1944 and then as having died of his wounds on 5 July 1944.
He was initially interred in the Blosville temporary cemetery in Plot D, Row 3, Grave 59. His remains were repatriated and laid to rest in his home area.
Second Lieutenant Hamilton was initially assigned to the 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, Company E, with additional duty of S-3 (Training/Operations) for the 2nd Battalion. He was later transferred to HQ Company 2nd Battalion and then to Company D.
Lt Hamilton participated in the D-Day jump into Normandy on 6 June 1944. He was listed in Company D Morning Reports as being seriously wounded on 4 July 1944 and then as having died of his wounds on 5 July 1944.
He was initially interred in the Blosville temporary cemetery in Plot D, Row 3, Grave 59. His remains were repatriated and laid to rest in his home area.
Lt Hamilton participated in the D-Day jump into Normandy on 6 June 1944. He was listed in Company D Morning Reports as being seriously wounded on 4 July 1944 and then as having died of his wounds on 5 July 1944.
He was initially interred in the Blosville temporary cemetery in Plot D, Row 3, Grave 59. His remains were repatriated and laid to rest in his home area.
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