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An AC-47D “Spooky” gunship fires on a target at night over South Vietnam.
An AC-47D “Spooky” gunship fires on a target at night over South Vietnam. Photo: U.S. Air Force, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Wilbur Lewis J Hallock JR.

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WILBUR LEWIS J HALLOCK JR

Sergeant · U.S. Air Force

December 9, 1945 – June 19, 1968

Service record

Wilbur Lewis J Hallock JR, of Orlando, Florida, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on June 19, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 56W, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 56W · Line 34

Position of Panel 56W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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. Air Force
Rank
Sergeant (SGT)
Service
Regular
Born
December 9, 1945
Home of record
Orlando, Florida (Orange County)

Casualty

Date of death
June 19, 1968
Age
22
Province
Gia Dinh
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Non-hostile
Category
Accident
Circumstance
Vehicle Crash (MC)

Context · from the records

What was happening

50 names on the Wall carry the date June 19, 1968; 15 of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

Also on Panel 56W, Line 34

From Orlando

All 93 names from Orlando →

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.