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DANIEL JEROME HILTON
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
February 16, 1948 – September 25, 1968
Service recordDaniel Jerome Hilton, of Cedar Falls, Iowa, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 25, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 42W, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42W · Line 11
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Motor Vehicle Operator (3531)
- Born
- February 16, 1948
- Home of record
- Cedar Falls, Iowa (Black Hawk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 25, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date September 25, 1968; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 42W, Line 11
- MARK ALLEN ELLSWORTHSergeant · September 25, 1968
- ROGER ALAN FULKERSONFirst Lieutenant · September 25, 1968
- JERRY FRANCIS GRAJEWSKISergeant · September 25, 1968
- RANDOLPH CLINTON GRIMESPrivate First Class · September 25, 1968
From Cedar Falls
- ROBERT JOHN HIBBSSecond Lieutenant · March 5, 1966
- ROBERT DONALD LETSCH JRLance Corporal · July 17, 1968
- LAWRENCE W WHITFORD JRColonel · November 2, 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.