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RICHARD MICHAEL HILT
Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 8, 1948 – February 13, 1969
Service recordRichard Michael Hilt, of Minneapolis, Minnesota, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 13, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 32W, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32W · Line 26
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantry Operations And Intelligence Specialist (11F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- April 8, 1948
- Home of record
- Minneapolis, Minnesota (Hennepin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 13, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date February 13, 1969; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 24 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32W, Line 26
- KEVIN LLOYD DAYPrivate First Class · February 13, 1969
- PHILIP ROBERT FRANKIEWICZCorporal · February 13, 1969
- RICHARD PALMER GATESSpecialist Four · February 13, 1969
- DAVID ALLEN HILLPrivate First Class · February 13, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DANA RANDOLPH BARKERFirst Lieutenant · Panel 32W, Line 24
- WILLIAM REED STOCKSSergeant · Panel 32W, Line 29
From Minneapolis
- WILLIAM EDWARD SWANSONLieutenant · April 11, 1965
- MICHAEL JOHN ULICSNIPetty Officer First Class · September 8, 1964
- DENNIS LEROY PIERSONPrivate First Class · June 26, 1965
- DON GLENN KNOWLTONWarrant Officer 1 · October 20, 1965
- ROGER MICHAEL MANNIESergeant · October 28, 1965
- TRENT RICHARD POWERSCaptain · October 31, 1965
- DAVID LEONARD UGLANDSecond Lieutenant · November 8, 1965
- WILLIAM MARTIN SAVORENLance Corporal · November 25, 1965
- LAWRENCE FREDRICK RAMAKERSpecialist Four · December 10, 1965
- THOMAS NEWTON SLOANTechnical Sergeant · December 17, 1965
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.