GREEN BERETS Hilbrich, Barry Wayne

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Hilbrich ​

• FORENAME

Barry Wayne ​

• UNIT

5 SF Group (Company B,S-3 Ops,Det C-2) ​

• RANK

Captain ​

• NUMBER

449782110​

• DATE OF DEATH

9th June 1970 ​

• AGE

22 ​

• GRAVESITE

National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific,Honolulu,Hawaii Courts of the Missing​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

from Corpus Christi,Texas​

born 25.6.1947 Cuero,De Witt County,Texas​

son of Alfred Fritz and Joyce Pearl (nee Smith) Hilbrich,5823 Lucille Drive,Corpus Christi,Texas​

married​

graduated Mary Carroll High School 1965​

attended Del Mar College,Corpus Christi 1965​

entered service 28.12.1965 Corpus Christi,Texas​

basic training,Fort Polk​

graduated OCS (Infantry),Fort Benning,Georgia 1966-67​

60 Infantry Regiment (Company C,3 Bn) (1st Lt) 1967-68​

5 SF Group 1969-70​

awards Silver Star,Air Medal (SS with 60 Infantry)​

MIA 7miles son of Ben Het,Kontum Province,South Vietnam​

observer in O-1F aircraft (tail number 57-2890) of​

21st Tactical Aerial Surveillance Squadron (pilot 1st Lt John L. Ryder)​

non hostile​

declared dead 24.1.1974 ​

Westhoff Cemetery,Westhoff,DeWitt County,Texas memorial headstone​

Vietnam Veterans Memorial,Washington,D.C. Panel 09W Line 33 ​

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