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HERBERT ALLEN HILFIKER
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
January 3, 1942 – December 6, 1965
Service recordHerbert Allen Hilfiker, of Bloomfield, Nebraska, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on December 6, 1965, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 3E, Line 135 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3E · Line 135
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Construction Mechanic (CM)
- Born
- January 3, 1942
- Home of record
- Bloomfield, Nebraska (Knox County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 6, 1965
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date December 6, 1965; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In December 1965, 326 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 3E, Line 135
- DANIEL ALBERT DICKINSONSpecialist Four · December 6, 1965
- DAYMON DONALD HORNStaff Sergeant · December 6, 1965
- WILLIAM MICHAEL MEGLIO JRPrivate First Class · December 6, 1965
- DELMORE BYRON NERVEZASpecialist Five · December 6, 1965
From Bloomfield
- ROBERT DUANE JESSENSpecialist Four · October 24, 1967
- DAVID ALLEN MEIROSECorporal · June 5, 1970
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.