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HILBERT WALTER TEETER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 18, 1951 – April 24, 1971
Service recordHilbert Walter Teeter, of Hobart, Indiana, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 24, 1971, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 10
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
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- May 18, 1951
- Home of record
- Hobart, Indiana (Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 24, 1971
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date April 24, 1971; seven of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In April 1971, 292 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 10
- STEPHEN ALAN SPENCERSpecialist Four · April 24, 1971
- BRUCE DONALD STEPHENSONSergeant · April 24, 1971
- THOMAS HAROLD TAFTCorporal · April 24, 1971
- CHRISTOPHER LEE VOLLMARSpecialist Four · April 24, 1971
From Hobart
- JOHN WILLIAM LAKECorporal · August 24, 1965
- GORDON SCOTT WILSONMajor · November 22, 1966
- CLIFFORD C BARNETT JRFirst Lieutenant · April 26, 1967
- LARRY DANIEL DRAVESPrivate First Class · May 2, 1967
- FRED W CARPENTERSergeant · June 28, 1967
- STEVEN JAMES MULLETPrivate First Class · July 21, 1967
- JUNIOR R BURNSPlatoon Sergeant · October 16, 1967
- RALF IRVIN SAUNDERSCorporal · November 6, 1967
- CHARLES HUBERT STANLEYFirst Lieutenant · February 27, 1968
- WILLIAM BRACE CAWLEY JRSpecialist Four · March 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.