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PHILLIP JAY HILDERBRANT
Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 12, 1949 – July 31, 1970
Service recordPhillip Jay Hilderbrant, of Edmore, Michigan, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 31, 1970, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 72 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 72
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- March 12, 1949
- Home of record
- Edmore, Michigan (Montcalm County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 31, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date July 31, 1970; he was the only one lost in Kon Tum Province that day. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 8W, Line 72
- WILLIAM EUGENE AUSTINSergeant · July 31, 1970
- JAMES MARSHALL DOTYPrivate · July 31, 1970
- ANDREW GEORGE HAWTHORNESpecialist Four · July 31, 1970
- EDWARD P MOOREStaff Sergeant · July 31, 1970
From Edmore
- JACK WILLIAM POMEROYSpecialist Four · November 25, 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.