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WILLIAM COLQUETH HIX JR
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
August 17, 1947 – February 5, 1969
Service recordWilliam Colqueth Hix JR, of Ft Myers, Florida, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on February 5, 1969, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 64 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · Line 64
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 45 MED CO USARV
- Born
- August 17, 1947
- Home of record
- Ft Myers, Florida (Lee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 5, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date February 5, 1969; four of them were lost in Long Khanh Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “45 MED CO USARV”, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33W, Line 64
- WILTON NEIL HATTONMaster Sergeant · February 5, 1969
- GEORGE ERNEST HAYWARDWarrant Officer 1 · February 5, 1969
- KENNETH EDWARD JACKSONPrivate First Class · February 5, 1969
- GARY MORGAN JOHNSONSpecialist Four · February 5, 1969
Same unit, same day
- GARY MORGAN JOHNSONSpecialist Four · Panel 33W, Line 64
- JAMES RONALD MCNISHSpecialist Four · Panel 33W, Line 66
- OTHA LENSEY POOLECaptain · Panel 33W, Line 68
From Ft Myers
- ERNEST M SCHULTZ IIISpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- CHRISTOPHER J DEAN JRPrivate First Class · May 11, 1966
- ROY DONALD HUTTINGSergeant · September 25, 1966
- GEORGE DANIEL THEISENPrivate First Class · December 13, 1966
- ROBERT FULTON HELVESTONPrivate First Class · February 4, 1967
- THOMAS LEE MCGEEPrivate First Class · March 11, 1967
- WILLIE JAMES MOOREPrivate First Class · June 8, 1967
- CLAYTON MARQUI SPAINHOWERPrivate First Class · December 6, 1967
- CULLIE WILSON BRYANTSpecialist Four · January 13, 1968
- ROBERT EUGENE WHITTENSergeant · May 8, 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.