CPT Hampton Allen Etheridge III (USMA '67)
Captain Hampton Allen Etheridge III, 24, of Crossett died in Chuong Thien, South Vietnam, from hostile action in or near Kien Long resulting in multiple fragmentation wounds. A member of the regular Army and a graduate of the U. S. Military Academy at West Point, New York, his two year tour of duty with the Third Battalion, 32 Regiment, Military Assistance Command, began on December 29, 1968.
He died on July 15, 1969. He was born June 29, 1945. The son of Mr. and Mrs. Hampton Allen Etheridge, Jr., of Crossett, he graduated from Crossett High School where he lettered in football, basketball and track; was vice president of the senior class and president of the Key Club. He was also a member of the National Honor Society, Student Council, Youth Center board, Science Club, and Mixed Chorus and was selected to attend Boys State. The editors of the Termite, the Crossett High yearbook, noted under his picture, "No matter how tough the going, Allen always gave all he had."
After graduation from Crossett High, he attended West Point and was commissioned as a second lieutenant in June, 1967. The same afternoon, he married Susan Smithers of Benton in a ceremony at the West Point chapel. He was promoted to first lieutenant in June, 1968, and to captain a year later. From 1967 to December, 1968, he was stationed at various locations in the United States and completed paratrooper and U. S. Army Ranger training.
Survivors in addition to his parents and his wife were a twin sister, Susan Dugger of Dallas, TX, his brother Samuel A Etheridge, and his grandparents. After a memorial service in Benton, burial was in Crossett.
His name is found at Panel 21W, Line 124, on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.Comments on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial web site include, "Thank you Capt Etheridge for your service to country and ultimate sacrifice. Rest well brave soldier and rest assured that you Sir, are not forgotten." Another person wrote, "How can one so young make the ultimate sacrifice for his country and no one even recognizes your sacrifice. Some of us care. Thank you seems so inadequate but is all I have.
Proceeds from the sale of the CPT Hampton Allen Ethridge memorial bracelet will be donated to the Disabled American Veterans.
Captain Hampton Allen Etheridge III, 24, of Crossett died in Chuong Thien, South Vietnam, from hostile action in or near Kien Long resulting in multiple fragmentation wounds. A member of the regular Army and a graduate of the U. S. Military Academy at West Point, New York, his two year tour of duty with the Third Battalion, 32 Regiment, Military Assistance Command, began on December 29, 1968.
He died on July 15, 1969. He was born June 29, 1945. The son of Mr. and Mrs. Hampton Allen Etheridge, Jr., of Crossett, he graduated from Crossett High School where he lettered in football, basketball and track; was vice president of the senior class and president of the Key Club. He was also a member of the National Honor Society, Student Council, Youth Center board, Science Club, and Mixed Chorus and was selected to attend Boys State. The editors of the Termite, the Crossett High yearbook, noted under his picture, "No matter how tough the going, Allen always gave all he had."
After graduation from Crossett High, he attended West Point and was commissioned as a second lieutenant in June, 1967. The same afternoon, he married Susan Smithers of Benton in a ceremony at the West Point chapel. He was promoted to first lieutenant in June, 1968, and to captain a year later. From 1967 to December, 1968, he was stationed at various locations in the United States and completed paratrooper and U. S. Army Ranger training.
Survivors in addition to his parents and his wife were a twin sister, Susan Dugger of Dallas, TX, his brother Samuel A Etheridge, and his grandparents. After a memorial service in Benton, burial was in Crossett.
His name is found at Panel 21W, Line 124, on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.Comments on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial web site include, "Thank you Capt Etheridge for your service to country and ultimate sacrifice. Rest well brave soldier and rest assured that you Sir, are not forgotten." Another person wrote, "How can one so young make the ultimate sacrifice for his country and no one even recognizes your sacrifice. Some of us care. Thank you seems so inadequate but is all I have.
Proceeds from the sale of the CPT Hampton Allen Ethridge memorial bracelet will be donated to the Disabled American Veterans.
Captain Hampton Allen Etheridge III, 24, of Crossett died in Chuong Thien, South Vietnam, from hostile action in or near Kien Long resulting in multiple fragmentation wounds. A member of the regular Army and a graduate of the U. S. Military Academy at West Point, New York, his two year tour of duty with the Third Battalion, 32 Regiment, Military Assistance Command, began on December 29, 1968.
He died on July 15, 1969. He was born June 29, 1945. The son of Mr. and Mrs. Hampton Allen Etheridge, Jr., of Crossett, he graduated from Crossett High School where he lettered in football, basketball and track; was vice president of the senior class and president of the Key Club. He was also a member of the National Honor Society, Student Council, Youth Center board, Science Club, and Mixed Chorus and was selected to attend Boys State. The editors of the Termite, the Crossett High yearbook, noted under his picture, "No matter how tough the going, Allen always gave all he had."
After graduation from Crossett High, he attended West Point and was commissioned as a second lieutenant in June, 1967. The same afternoon, he married Susan Smithers of Benton in a ceremony at the West Point chapel. He was promoted to first lieutenant in June, 1968, and to captain a year later. From 1967 to December, 1968, he was stationed at various locations in the United States and completed paratrooper and U. S. Army Ranger training.
Survivors in addition to his parents and his wife were a twin sister, Susan Dugger of Dallas, TX, his brother Samuel A Etheridge, and his grandparents. After a memorial service in Benton, burial was in Crossett.
His name is found at Panel 21W, Line 124, on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.Comments on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial web site include, "Thank you Capt Etheridge for your service to country and ultimate sacrifice. Rest well brave soldier and rest assured that you Sir, are not forgotten." Another person wrote, "How can one so young make the ultimate sacrifice for his country and no one even recognizes your sacrifice. Some of us care. Thank you seems so inadequate but is all I have.
Proceeds from the sale of the CPT Hampton Allen Ethridge memorial bracelet will be donated to the Disabled American Veterans.
