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DAVID WAYNE HILDRETH
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 19, 1949 – April 14, 1969
Service recordDavid Wayne Hildreth, of Warren, New Hampshire, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 14, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 81 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 81
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
- Heavy Construction Equipment Operator (62E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- D CO 27 ENG BN 18 ENG BDE
- Born
- September 19, 1949
- Home of record
- Warren, New Hampshire (Grafton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 14, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date April 14, 1969; he was the only one lost in Quảng Trị Province that day. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 81
- VICTOR M HODSONFirst Lieutenant · April 14, 1969
- MICHAEL DOUGLAS HOLMESSpecialist Four · April 14, 1969
- GARY ORLAND JACOBSPrivate First Class · April 14, 1969
- ANDREW EARL JENKINSGunnery Sergeant · April 14, 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.