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WILLIAM EARL HIBPSHMAN
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
December 8, 1948 – June 25, 1969
Service recordWilliam Earl Hibpshman, of Anchorage, Alaska, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on June 25, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 13
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 Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- December 8, 1948
- Home of record
- Anchorage, Alaska
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 25, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date June 25, 1969; ten of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 60 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 13
- DARNELL HARVEYPrivate First Class · June 25, 1969
- CARL EMIL JANOWSKY JRSergeant · June 25, 1969
- ROBERT LEE KINGSpecialist Four · June 25, 1969
- JERRY LEE SOUTHARDCorporal · June 25, 1969
Same unit, same day
- KRIS BLUMERPrivate First Class · Panel 21W, Line 12
- JAMES HILLARY DANKOWSKISpecialist Four · Panel 21W, Line 12
- DARNELL HARVEYPrivate First Class · Panel 21W, Line 13
- ROBERT LEE KINGSpecialist Four · Panel 21W, Line 13
- THOMAS WALTER FABERPrivate First Class · Panel 21W, Line 15
- ROBERT CARL SNETHENPrivate First Class · Panel 21W, Line 15
- WILLIAM FRANKLIN STRINGERPrivate First Class · Panel 21W, Line 16
- BARRY NEAL THOMPSONSpecialist Four · Panel 21W, Line 16
From Anchorage
- GARY EDWIN BULLOCKSpecialist Four · January 31, 1967
- FLOYD WHITLEY RICHARDSONColonel · January 6, 1967
- DAVID SHELTON PRENTICEGunnery Sergeant · July 29, 1967
- WILLIAM BRADLEY DUNCANWarrant Officer 1 · January 31, 1968
- JOE WAYNE VANDERPOOLPrivate First Class · March 1, 1968
- DALE ANTHONY GRIFFINLance Corporal · March 14, 1968
- WILLIAM FRANCIS PIASKOWSKISpecialist Four · March 14, 1968
- ROBERT THOMAS ELLIOTT IIIFirst Lieutenant · September 9, 1968
- THOMAS M BARRSpecialist Five · May 12, 1969
- HOWARD MARK KOSLOSKYAirman · October 2, 1969
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.