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DANNY LEE HILTERBRAN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 29, 1949 – July 29, 1970
Service recordDanny Lee Hilterbran, of Midwest City, Oklahoma, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 29, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 66 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 66
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- October 29, 1949
- Home of record
- Midwest City, Oklahoma (Oklahoma County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 29, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date July 29, 1970; four of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 8W, Line 66
- WALTER BILLY GOLOMBESKISergeant · July 29, 1970
- RICKY J HILLSSpecialist Four · July 29, 1970
- RONALD TRENT JONESPrivate First Class · July 29, 1970
- JOHN JOSEPH LAVELLESpecialist Four · July 29, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JOHN JOSEPH LAVELLESpecialist Four · Panel 8W, Line 66
- PLEASANT MCCRAY JRCorporal · Panel 8W, Line 67
From Midwest City
- JAMES LARKIN EATMONPrivate First Class · April 22, 1966
- LAWRENCE STEPHEN ROBBINSLance Corporal · May 20, 1966
- ALLEN PERDA MILLERSergeant · December 19, 1966
- HAL JONES ROWLETTMaster Sergeant · January 6, 1967
- DONALD LEE BERNARDPrivate First Class · April 26, 1967
- JOHN KIRBY JOHNSONPrivate First Class · August 2, 1967
- GAILEN CHEEK CROSSLINPrivate First Class · September 19, 1967
- GEORGE RALPH CASTILLOCorporal · January 24, 1968
- JAMES DALE GUFFEYSpecialist Four · March 6, 1968
- RANDALL LEE MCELREATHLance Corporal · March 12, 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.