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TROY EDWARD HIRNI II
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 23, 1945 – January 31, 1968
Service recordTroy Edward Hirni II, of Warrensburg, Missouri, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 31, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 36E, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36E · 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. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- A CO 3 BN 39 INF 9 INF DIV
- Born
- July 23, 1945
- Home of record
- Warrensburg, Missouri (Johnson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 31, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
246 names on the Wall carry the date January 31, 1968; 66 of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Gia Dinh Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 36E, Line 15
- LLOYD ALLEN HIMESSergeant Major · January 31, 1968
- MICHAEL LEONARD HOLIDAYSergeant · January 31, 1968
- LUEY VERNON HOLLANDSpecialist Four · January 31, 1968
- IVAN D HOMSLEYPrivate First Class · January 31, 1968
From Warrensburg
- MARTIN COXSergeant First Class · April 7, 1966
- RONALD LEON BOWMANPrivate First Class · August 23, 1966
- HAROLD HENRY HUNTERSergeant · January 27, 1969
- THOMAS BRIGHT JRSpecialist Four · March 12, 1969
- CHARLES FRANK MORLEYMajor · February 18, 1970
- CLYDE LEE COFFMANSpecialist Five · April 4, 1970
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.