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STEPHEN RANDOLPH HILTON
First Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
November 16, 1943 – August 25, 1968
Service recordStephen Randolph Hilton, of Winnsboro, South Carolina, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 25, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 46W, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46W · Line 15
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Officer (I) (0302)
- Born
- November 16, 1943
- Home of record
- Winnsboro, South Carolina (Fairfield County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 25, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
76 names on the Wall carry the date August 25, 1968; 12 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 46W, Line 15
- JOSEPH ERNEST FUNSTONCorporal · August 25, 1968
- ELVING P GUTIERREZ-OLIVERASSergeant · August 25, 1968
- JAMES EUGENE HALLCorporal · August 25, 1968
- STEPHEN MATHEWS KRINKELance Corporal · August 25, 1968
From Winnsboro
- JOHNNY THOMAS BRANHAMPrivate First Class · July 20, 1967
- JAMES MYER THOMASLance Corporal · December 16, 1967
- HAROLD MCGILL RENWICK JRCaptain · February 27, 1968
- WILLIE JAMES DAVISCorporal · July 14, 1969
- WILSON DAVISSpecialist Four · June 9, 1970
- ARCHIE DENNIS CARNELLMaster Sergeant · May 7, 1971
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.