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ALAN HILL JR
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
December 8, 1949 – May 26, 1970
Service recordAlan Hill JR, of Sikeston, Missouri, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 26, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 103 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 103
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 8, 1949
- Home of record
- Sikeston, Missouri (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 26, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date May 26, 1970; four 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 103
- SAMMY MANUEL GULLARTSergeant · May 26, 1970
- WILLIAM EDWARD HAWKINSSergeant · May 26, 1970
- HANCIL EVERT HOWELL JRSergeant · May 26, 1970
- WILL ISAAC JRSergeant First Class · May 26, 1970
From Sikeston
- WAYNE HYDEPrivate · June 4, 1966
- MICHAEL KENNETH BOARDMANLance Corporal · July 19, 1967
- JAMES EDWARD WYATTStaff Sergeant · March 9, 1968
- RONALD DENNIS SLAYTONSpecialist Four · January 15, 1969
- CLARENCE DEAN RUSSELLSergeant · February 23, 1969
- VIRGIL BURKS JRPrivate First Class · April 25, 1969
- CLARENCE WAYNE TEMPLETONCorporal · April 15, 1970
- CURTERS JOSEPH BURNETTPrivate · November 21, 1970
- LESLIE LEROY KARNESSergeant First Class · February 16, 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.