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HERBERT S HILDEBRAND
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
October 15, 1947 – April 15, 1969
Service recordHerbert S Hildebrand, of Hot Springs, Arkansas, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on April 15, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 87 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 87
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 Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Nuclear, Biological, And Chemical (Nbc) Specialist (54E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- October 15, 1947
- Home of record
- Hot Springs, Arkansas (Garland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 15, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date April 15, 1969; eight of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 83 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 87
- JOHN GIRARD GLASSEYSpecialist Four · April 15, 1969
- ROBERT JERRY GORDONPrivate First Class · April 15, 1969
- MICHAEL EDWIN HARRSpecialist Four · April 15, 1969
- WILLIAM F HITCHCOCKPrivate First Class · April 15, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ALBERT EUGENE CREAMERSergeant · Panel 27W, Line 85
- TERRENCE JOHN MORTENSENWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 27W, Line 85
- DOYLE DANIEL DUNBARSpecialist Five · Panel 27W, Line 86
- NEAL WALLACE LOVSNES JRMajor · Panel 27W, Line 89
- JOHN ETHRIDGE MCDONALDCorporal · Panel 27W, Line 90
- JERONE JAMES WARNICKWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 27W, Line 92
- ROBERT ALLEN YOUNG JRCaptain · Panel 27W, Line 92
From Hot Springs
- LAWRENCE SCOTT MAILHESLieutenant (junior grade) · August 10, 1965
- FRANK RAY NOESergeant First Class · November 1, 1967
- THOMAS FRANKLIN YOUNGSergeant · February 3, 1968
- SOLOMON HUGHEY GODWINChief Warrant Officer 3 · February 5, 1968
- JAMES WILLIAM HOLTMaster Sergeant · February 7, 1968
- ANTHONY WILLIAM HANDLEYCorporal · February 8, 1968
- CLEVELAND EVANS JRStaff Sergeant · March 13, 1968
- BERNIE JACK MOSLEYHospitalman · March 27, 1968
- JOE JUNIOR HIBBLERPrivate First Class · October 3, 1968
- JAMES ARNOLD SINGLETONSergeant · November 2, 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.