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Kenneth D. Hilliard

[682-3] - Kenneth Hilliard, Fort Bliss, TX, at basic training, 1969.

[682-4] - Kenneth Hilliard holding award in his bunk at basic training, Fort Bliss, TX 1969.

[682-5] - Ken near his bunker on LZ Siberia

[682-6] - Men holding a POW and waiting for a helicopter to land.

[682-7] - LZ West. Ron German (foreground) Douglas White, Ken.

[682-8] - Doug White outside bunker at LZ West.

[682-9] - Ken holding the peace sign at LZ West.

[682-10] - George Canada (?) at LZ West. He was from New York City.

[682-11] - Men from Kens squad (has no names). Ken at far left.

[682-12] - Ken at his bunker on LZ West.

[682-13] - Ken Hilliard (left), center (unidentified), Douglas White (right).

[682-14] - Ken with a 155-howitzer shell, LZ West.

[682-15] - Douglas White, Pueblo, Colorado, in bunker on LZ West.

[682-16] - Ken Hilliard in the BTOC hooch.

[682-17] - Inside the Battalion Tactical Operations Center on LZ West.

[682-18] - Ken (at end of table) at chow.

[682-19] - Ken Hilliard

[682-20] - Kenneth Hilliard at Texas Wesleyan College, Fort Worth.

[682-21] - Kenneth Hilliard at Texas Wesleyan, Fort Worth, TX, 1968.

[682-22] - September 27, 1969, Fort Worth, Texas. Left to right, David Wyatt (step-brother), Ken and brother Dennis Hilliard.

[682-23] - Pat and Ken, Wedding Day

[682-24] - Kenneth and Pat Hilliard, September 27, 1969, after their wedding.

[682-25] - Left to right: Claudie Wyatt, Kenneth Hilliard, and Kens mom, Temple Hilliard, 1969, before Kenneth went to Vietnam. Taken at home of Thelma Harris, North Richland Hills, Texas.

[682-26] - Kenneth and Pat Hilliard, the night before Kenneth went to Vietnam, at home of Kens aunt, Thelma Harris, North Richland Hills, Texas.

[682-27] - Ken and Pat in Hawaii during Rest and Recuperation.

[682-28] - Ken in Hawaii during Rest and Recuperation.

[682-29] - Pat in Hawaii during Kens Rest and Recuperation, May 1970.

[682-30] - Pat in Hawaii during Kens Rest and Recuperation, May 1970.

[682-31] - Ken Hilliard with Pat and nieces and nephew, October, 1970 in Abilene, TX upon return from Vietnam.

[682-32] - Kenneth and Pat Hilliard, 1987.

[682-33] - Family photograph, 1998.: first row, left to right: Pat Hilliard, Temple Wyatt, Claudie Wyatt. Second row: Kenneth Hilliard, Lucille Preston (Kenneths sister-in-law), Bob Preston (Kens half brother). Third row Marion Hilliard and husband Dennis Hilliard, Kens brother.

[682-34] - Ken and Pats son and granddaughter, Mark and Tabitha Hilliard, 1996.

[682-35] - DD-214

[682-36] - Dispositon Form & Allotment Authorization

[682-37] - Airline Ticket Home!

[682-38] - Veteran's Affairs (VA) discharge information

[682-39] - Certificate of Appreciation

[682-40] - News report: Plane Crash at Da Nang

[682-41] - News report: Clash with North Vietnamese forces

[682-42] - Fort Worth Star-Telegram: Pat and Ken's wedding at Victory Baptist Church

[682-43] - Newspaper: Pat and Ken's wedding at Victory Baptist Church

[682-44] - Letters written during Ken's military service.

[682-45] - Kens Father Eual Bradley Hilliard 1952

[682-46] - Kens Dog Tags

[682-47] - The New Testament Ken Carried

[682-48] - Scissors Ken used to cut GI's hair in the field.