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HILBERT M SINGLETARY JR
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
March 19, 1947 – November 16, 1966
Service recordHilbert M Singletary JR, of Summerville, South Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 16, 1966, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 81 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 81
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- March 19, 1947
- Home of record
- Summerville, South Carolina (Dorchester County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 16, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date November 16, 1966; two of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 81
- EUGENE BRUCE RHOADESCorporal · November 16, 1966
- JESSIE RICHARDSONStaff Sergeant · November 16, 1966
- ROGER DALE RUOFFSpecialist Four · November 16, 1966
- WILLIAM JAMES WILDERSCaptain · November 16, 1966
From Summerville
- WILLIAM ELLIS JRStaff Sergeant · June 24, 1966
- THOMAS WYATT POORELance Corporal · May 20, 1967
- GARY KENNETH ROBERTSLance Corporal · June 6, 1968
- JERRY TRUMAN DRIGGERSSergeant · March 30, 1969
- WILLIAM THOMAS SMITHPrivate First Class · August 12, 1969
- LARRY VILLANUEVAPrivate First Class · January 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.