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VIRGIL LEMAR HITER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 16, 1948 – December 16, 1967
Service recordVirgil Lemar Hiter, of Milford, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 16, 1967, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 32E, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32E · Line 10
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
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- November 16, 1948
- Home of record
- Milford, Ohio (Clermont County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 16, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date December 16, 1967; two of them were lost in Long An Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 45 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32E, Line 10
- JAMES COMPTON GROOVERPrivate First Class · December 16, 1967
- JAMES YBARRA HIDALGOSpecialist Five · December 16, 1967
- JAMES CURTIS HOUGHTONSpecialist Four · December 16, 1967
- FATHIES KELLY JRPrivate First Class · December 16, 1967
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL BERRIOSSergeant · Panel 32E, Line 7
- LARRY KILITO BILONTACorporal · Panel 32E, Line 7
- JOHN WILLIAM VASILOPULOSCorporal · Panel 32E, Line 13
From Milford
- SAMUEL QUENTON ASHERPrivate First Class · December 27, 1966
- JOHN WILLIAM MCCOYSpecialist Four · May 7, 1967
- RODNEY LEROY HUDDLESONCorporal · December 19, 1967
- ROGER MINETT LAYPrivate First Class · January 25, 1968
- CLIFFORD JOHN T LEFLERSergeant · June 7, 1969
- GERALD WILLIAM HILLSpecialist Four · January 7, 1971
- RANDALL CHARLES SHORTSpecialist Four · May 24, 1971
- LOUIS JOHN SPEIDELCaptain · June 25, 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.