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JAMES FRANCIS HILLIARD
Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 24, 1946 – May 26, 1969
Service recordJames Francis Hilliard, of Kalamazoo, Michigan, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 26, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 110 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 110
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- January 24, 1946
- Home of record
- Kalamazoo, Michigan (Kalamazoo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 26, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date May 26, 1969; two of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 120 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 110
- PHILIP LYLE GAMBLE JRSecond Lieutenant · May 26, 1969
- CLIFFORD EARL HAYNES JRPrivate First Class · May 26, 1969
- JAMES DOYLE JOHNSONCorporal · May 26, 1969
- ERNEST CEDILLO MUNOZStaff Sergeant · May 26, 1969
From Kalamazoo
- KONSTANTINS ADOLFS LUBAVSCaptain · February 7, 1966
- RONALD WAYNE HOBBSSpecialist Four · February 12, 1966
- STANLEY CLAUS CAMPBELLPetty Officer Third Class · August 25, 1966
- JAMES EDWARDS GARDNERFirst Lieutenant · October 13, 1966
- WOODROW JOHN MUELLERSpecialist Four · March 9, 1967
- WILLIAM HARRY CROSSMANPrivate First Class · June 17, 1967
- ROBERT LOUIS STEVENS JRPrivate First Class · June 22, 1967
- GERRIT JOHN SCHOUWBURGSpecialist Five · June 24, 1967
- MICHAEL PATRICK CASSIDYSpecialist Four · July 13, 1967
- DAVID HARM ESMANSpecialist Four · August 28, 1967
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.