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WILBERT HOYT NEAL JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 28, 1949 – August 17, 1968
Service recordWilbert Hoyt Neal JR, of Nashville, Tennessee, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 17, 1968, in Lam Dong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 48W, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 48W · Line 34
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- January 28, 1949
- Home of record
- Nashville, Tennessee (Davidson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 17, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Lam Dong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date August 17, 1968; he was the only one lost in Lam Dong Province that day. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 48W, Line 34
- WILLIAM RICHARD CORCORANCorporal · August 17, 1968
- ARTHUR DONALD EDGERTON JRCorporal · August 17, 1968
- EDWARD KENNETH MILLERPrivate First Class · August 17, 1968
- RAYFORD NELSONCorporal · August 17, 1968
From Nashville
- ALVIN G PARKERPrivate First Class · February 7, 1965
- DALLAS LAWSONPrivate First Class · February 10, 1965
- THOMAS C MCEWEN JRCaptain · February 24, 1965
- VARIS SAVAGE JRSergeant · November 6, 1965
- JOHN EDWARD FUQUASecond Lieutenant · January 31, 1966
- JOE KENNETH TAYLORSpecialist Four · February 22, 1966
- CLARENCE MITCHELLSergeant · February 26, 1966
- DENNIS EDWARD HOLTPrivate · March 30, 1966
- ROGER DALE JARRELLPrivate First Class · April 3, 1966
- JASPER LEE KEENSergeant · May 19, 1966
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.