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BARRY WAYNE HILBRICH
Captain · U.S. Army
June 25, 1947 – June 9, 1970
Service recordBarry Wayne Hilbrich, of Corpus Christi, Texas, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He was lost on June 9, 1970, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 33
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.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Special Forces, Operations And Training Staff Officer (G3,a3,s3) (32162)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- June 25, 1947
- Home of record
- Corpus Christi, Texas (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- June 9, 1970
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Presumed Dead
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
- First reported
- Missing
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date June 9, 1970; two of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 9W, Line 33
- ROBERT JUNIOR GARRETTCorporal · June 9, 1970
- JOHN ALBERT GIOIAConstructionman · June 9, 1970
- ROBBY DAVID HANVEYLance Corporal · June 9, 1970
- MICHAEL GILBERT JONESPrivate First Class · June 9, 1970
From Corpus Christi
- FAYBERT RAY BRADSHAWStaff Sergeant · July 20, 1965
- JOE THOMAS WELBORNChief Warrant Officer 2 · November 4, 1965
- WILLIAM A JENNINGS IIICorporal · December 13, 1965
- MIGUEL GARCIA JRPrivate First Class · April 22, 1966
- WILLIAM R MINDACHSpecialist Four · July 6, 1966
- BENITO PEREZFirst Sergeant · August 2, 1966
- RAUL FLORESLance Corporal · August 7, 1966
- JERRY PHILLIPSPetty Officer Second Class · August 11, 1966
- ALFREDO CASTANONPrivate First Class · September 24, 1966
- DWIGHT KING SATTERWHITEPrivate First Class · September 24, 1966
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.