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STEVEN LEE HILMES
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 31, 1948 – September 2, 1968
Service recordSteven Lee Hilmes, of Ransom, Kansas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 2, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 45W, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45W · Line 26
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- March 31, 1948
- Home of record
- Ransom, Kansas (Ness County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 2, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date September 2, 1968; four of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 43 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 45W, Line 26
- HECTOR MANUEL GONZALEZLance Corporal · September 2, 1968
- HOWARD WILLIAM JONESSergeant · September 2, 1968
- GREGORY JAMES KELLOGGLance Corporal · September 2, 1968
- MICHAEL EVAN LOUGHRENLance Corporal · September 2, 1968
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.