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WILLIAM HUNTER KILBURN
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
December 23, 1950 – May 31, 1970
Service recordWilliam Hunter Kilburn, of Aiken, South Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 31, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 125 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 125
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- December 23, 1950
- Home of record
- Aiken, South Carolina (Aiken County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 31, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date May 31, 1970; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 125
- GARY DEAN HULTSCaptain · May 31, 1970
- HOMER VIRGIL LEEStaff Sergeant · May 31, 1970
- STEVEN RAY LOWEPrivate First Class · May 31, 1970
- LEONARD MORGANSpecialist Four · May 31, 1970
From Aiken
- JAMES LOUIS DOUSEPrivate First Class · December 24, 1965
- HAROLD PAUL LEAPHARTCorporal · September 17, 1966
- FRANKLIN HAMILTON PENNPrivate First Class · July 2, 1967
- WAYNE BOYDPrivate First Class · April 3, 1968
- JOSEPH BOYCE ADAMSSeaman · August 16, 1968
- DWANE LONNIE ADAMSPrivate First Class · January 14, 1969
- ROY GIBSON MATTHEWSPrivate First Class · May 21, 1969
- CHARLES H PARKS JRHospitalman · August 21, 1969
- CLIFTON EUGENE CALLAHANPrivate First Class · February 5, 1971
- CAESAR MURRAYAirman First Class · March 19, 1971
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.