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ROBERT RICHARD HILLIARD
Master Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 14, 1911 – November 16, 1968
Service recordRobert Richard Hilliard, of Wickliffe, Ohio, served as a Master Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 16, 1968, in South Vietnam, at age 57. His name is inscribed on Panel 39W, Line 73 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39W · Line 73
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Master Sergeant (MSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- General Vehicle Repairman (63C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- April 14, 1911
- Home of record
- Wickliffe, Ohio (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 16, 1968
- Age
- 57
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date November 16, 1968. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 54 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 39W, Line 73
- JAMES CRAFTSpecialist Four · November 16, 1968
- MANUEL DELUNA JRCorporal · November 16, 1968
- JAMES GEORGE DESCHENESSergeant First Class · November 16, 1968
- RUSSELL ADDISON HODGESpecialist Four · November 16, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JAMES GEORGE DESCHENESSergeant First Class · Panel 39W, Line 73
From Wickliffe
- ROBERT JAMES JINDRASpecialist Four · June 19, 1967
- SALVATORE CARMELO INSANASergeant First Class · July 22, 1968
- JOSEF PAUL INTIHARSpecialist Four · August 24, 1968
- FRANK SHARTZ JRPrivate First Class · March 4, 1969
- FIELDING W FEATHERSTON IIICaptain · December 30, 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.