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WILLIAM JAMES HILLARD II
Corporal · U.S. Army
March 1, 1948 – March 15, 1969
Service recordWilliam James Hillard II, of Kennedy, New York, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on March 15, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · Line 45
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Construction Equipment Repairer (62B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- March 1, 1948
- Home of record
- Kennedy, New York (Chautauqua County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 15, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date March 15, 1969; eight of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29W, Line 45
- GEORGE ROBERT GARRISPrivate · March 15, 1969
- JULIO HERNANDEZ JRSpecialist Four · March 15, 1969
- CARL WAYNE HUGHESPrivate First Class · March 15, 1969
- DENNIS ROGER HUNSLEYFirst Lieutenant · March 15, 1969
Same unit, same day
- WESLEY BEAVERSpecialist Five · Panel 29W, Line 43
- MICHAEL L PADDOCKCorporal · Panel 29W, Line 47
From Kennedy
- LEE ALEXANDER CONNERSSergeant · January 14, 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.