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JAMES GEORGE HILDEBRANDT
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 11, 1947 – July 18, 1968
Service recordJames George Hildebrandt, of Middleton, Wisconsin, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 18, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 51W, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51W · Line 5
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- April 11, 1947
- Home of record
- Middleton, Wisconsin (Dane County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 18, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date July 18, 1968; eight of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 24 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 51W, Line 5
- WILLIAM EARNEST BEALL JRPrivate First Class · July 18, 1968
- RAYMOND CONRAD HANIKPrivate First Class · July 18, 1968
- JAMES WALDEN HARRIS JRSpecialist Four · July 18, 1968
- ROBERT CARL HARTLEYPrivate First Class · July 18, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DAVID J ALEXANDER JRPrivate First Class · Panel 51W, Line 2
- FRANKLYN WALLACE GERMANYSergeant · Panel 51W, Line 4
- THOMAS GLEN LEDUCCorporal · Panel 51W, Line 6
From Middleton
- RONALD RICHARD REINKEPetty Officer Third Class · September 6, 1967
- DAVID ROBERT KINKWarrant Officer 1 · August 3, 1969
- DENNIS M STOPPLEWORTHPrivate · June 20, 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.