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DAVID LYNN HILTON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 1, 1947 – November 24, 1967
Service recordDavid Lynn Hilton, of Canton, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 24, 1967, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 30E, Line 78 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30E · Line 78
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- April 1, 1947
- Home of record
- Canton, Ohio (Stark County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 24, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date November 24, 1967; nine of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 54 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30E, Line 78
- JAMES EDWARD HAYNESStaff Sergeant · November 24, 1967
- WILLIAM C LANGHAMSpecialist Four · November 24, 1967
- JOHN WILLIE LUCASSpecialist Four · November 24, 1967
- VERTIS L MACKEYSpecialist Four · November 24, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JERRY EDWARD BLACKBURNPrivate First Class · Panel 30E, Line 75
- ROBERT STANLEY CHAMBERSPrivate First Class · Panel 30E, Line 75
- SYLVESTER WILLIAM WILSONFirst Sergeant · Panel 30E, Line 75
- MARTIN LARRY HANNOSpecialist Four · Panel 30E, Line 77
- JOHN WILLIE LUCASSpecialist Four · Panel 30E, Line 78
- VERTIS L MACKEYSpecialist Four · Panel 30E, Line 78
- GORDON STUART MCCLARYSpecialist Four · Panel 30E, Line 80
- MICHAEL STUART NYMANStaff Sergeant · Panel 30E, Line 80
- WILLIAM JOHN TSCHUMIPrivate First Class · Panel 30E, Line 82
From Canton
- JAMES PRESTON COATSSergeant · January 25, 1966
- WILLIAM HAROLD BORDNERLieutenant Colonel · February 16, 1966
- PAUL ALLEN HAINESLance Corporal · April 2, 1966
- JURIS PUDULSSpecialist Four · June 24, 1966
- RONALD K GRAYLance Corporal · June 25, 1966
- FRANK PAUL HUDAKPrivate First Class · August 25, 1966
- WILLIAM RICHARD MASTERSSpecialist Four · September 27, 1966
- THOMAS RALPH MURPHYFirst Lieutenant · November 6, 1966
- ROBERT LEE BORGERPrivate First Class · November 22, 1966
- JAMES NELSON WYMERPrivate First Class · December 15, 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.