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CHARLES ALLEN HILBERT
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 30, 1949 – May 22, 1969
Service recordCharles Allen Hilbert, of Parksville, Kentucky, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 22, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 76 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 76
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 82 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- January 30, 1949
- Home of record
- Parksville, Kentucky (Boyle County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 22, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date May 22, 1969; he was the only one lost in Hua Nghia Province that day. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 82nd Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 76
- THOMAS CARMINE DEPALMAFirst Lieutenant · May 22, 1969
- JOHN EDWARD HUESTISSecond Lieutenant · May 22, 1969
- JOHN RAYMOND JACKSONSergeant · May 22, 1969
- RALFORD JOHN JACKSONPrivate First Class · May 22, 1969
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.