The Wall › Panel 35W › Oklahoma › Alfred Dean Hildebrand
ALFRED DEAN HILDEBRAND
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 28, 1949 – January 4, 1969
Service recordAlfred Dean Hildebrand, of Cordell, Oklahoma, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 4, 1969, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 34
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
Remember
Did you know him? Family members and friends are invited to share a photograph or a memory. Nothing is posted until it has been reviewed.
Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- April 28, 1949
- Home of record
- Cordell, Oklahoma (Washita County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 4, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date January 4, 1969; he was the only one lost in Kien Hoa Province that day. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 114 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35W, Line 34
- KENNETH LOREN FOUNTAINFirst Lieutenant · January 4, 1969
- DAVID OWEN HERSHISERSpecialist Four · January 4, 1969
- GARY LEE JAMIESONPrivate First Class · January 4, 1969
- WILLIS LEANDREW MIDGETTESpecialist Four · January 4, 1969
Same unit, same day
- FRANK EDWARD BRAWNERCorporal · Panel 35W, Line 32
- ROSS WHITTIER LIVERMOREFirst Lieutenant · Panel 35W, Line 35
From Cordell
- CLARENCE EARL MOOREWarrant Officer 1 · September 30, 1965
- JACKIE LINDELL ELSTONPrivate First Class · April 28, 1968
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.