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HIRAM DILLARD STRICKLAND
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 20, 1945 – February 1, 1966
Service recordHiram Dillard Strickland, of Graham, North Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 1, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 131 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 131
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- October 20, 1945
- Home of record
- Graham, North Carolina (Alamance County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 1, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date February 1, 1966. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 123 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 4E, Line 131
- KALE ARLAN SOLBERGPrivate First Class · February 1, 1966
- PETER GEORGE VLAHAKOSStaff Sergeant · February 1, 1966
- DOUGLAS MCARTHUR WETMORESpecialist Four · February 1, 1966
- MICHAEL IRA SHANERPrivate First Class · February 2, 1966
Same unit, same day
- WALTER PETER AUGUSTINASPrivate First Class · Panel 4E, Line 127
- DILLARD REED BURNLEYPrivate First Class · Panel 4E, Line 127
- CARL JAMES FORRESTERSergeant · Panel 4E, Line 128
- JOHN HOWARD GRIFFITHPrivate First Class · Panel 4E, Line 128
- NELSON LLOYD HAYESSergeant · Panel 4E, Line 129
- DODD CLIFTON KELLERPrivate First Class · Panel 4E, Line 130
- THOMAS EDWARD MCGRAWPrivate First Class · Panel 4E, Line 130
- DOUGLAS MCARTHUR WETMORESpecialist Four · Panel 4E, Line 131
From Graham
- DENNIS CURTIS KIDDMaster Sergeant · August 4, 1964
- JERRY RAY CAMPBELLPrivate · June 28, 1965
- GREGORY DALE JENKINSPetty Officer Third Class · May 12, 1967
- MORRIS BLAINE JONESSergeant · January 3, 1968
- CHARLES E RUSSELL IIIPrivate First Class · December 11, 1968
- JAMES OLIN FOGLEMANPrivate First Class · May 18, 1969
- TONY EUGENE SCOGGINSSpecialist Four · September 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.