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JAMES FREDERICK HILTZ
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 26, 1932 – September 26, 1963
Service recordJames Frederick Hiltz, of Needham, Massachusetts, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 26, 1963, in South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 28
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- October 26, 1932
- Home of record
- Needham, Massachusetts (Norfolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 26, 1963
- Age
- 30
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
One name on the Wall carry the date September 26, 1963. In September 1963, 5 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 28
- WILLIAM GEORGE COREYPrivate First Class · September 1, 1963
- RAPHAEL CRUZStaff Sergeant · September 2, 1963
- NEIL BERNARD MCKINNEYFirst Lieutenant · September 2, 1963
- HOWARD PHILIP PURCELLCaptain · September 2, 1963
From Needham
- ALAN JAMES PERRAULTFirst Lieutenant · November 5, 1966
- MICHAEL WAKEFIELD DOWNEYSecond Lieutenant · July 1, 1967
- ROBERT LOUIS BOUCHETPetty Officer Second Class · August 11, 1968
- ANTHONY JOSEPH PASSERELLOPrivate First Class · May 10, 1969
- JOHN DAVID DUNCANCorporal · August 19, 1969
- JAMES HOWARD HEPPLERCorporal · August 31, 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.