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WILLIAM GEORGE HULWI JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 7, 1947 – April 16, 1968
Service recordWilliam George Hulwi JR, of Richfield, Minnesota, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 16, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 50E, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50E · Line 15
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- July 7, 1947
- Home of record
- Richfield, Minnesota (Hennepin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 16, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
74 names on the Wall carry the date April 16, 1968; three of them were lost in Long An Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 79 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 50E, Line 15
- RONALD DOUGLAS HINSONSpecialist Four · April 16, 1968
- ROY DOUGLAS HURLBERTCorporal · April 16, 1968
- NATHANIEL E L JACKSONCorporal · April 16, 1968
- DANIEL JOSEPH JASKIEWICZFirst Lieutenant · April 16, 1968
Same unit, same day
- BILLY JOE COLEStaff Sergeant · Panel 50E, Line 12
From Richfield
- JOHN STEPHEN MICHELPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- WALTER STONEMAN BROWNLance Corporal · July 22, 1966
- WAYNE H KELMANCorporal · January 4, 1968
- RICHARD EARL WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · April 5, 1968
- ROBERT WILLIAM TUSKEY SRSpecialist Four · October 10, 1968
- ROGER JAMES MCINERNY JRPrivate First Class · April 1, 1970
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.