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ALLAN BRUCE HILL
Corporal · U.S. Army
January 17, 1948 – January 8, 1969
Service recordAllan Bruce Hill, of Torrance, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on January 8, 1969, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 54 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 54
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- January 17, 1948
- Home of record
- Torrance, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 8, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date January 8, 1969; he was the only one lost in Định Tường Province that day. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 114 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35W, Line 54
- GERALD JOSEPH DOWNEYPrivate First Class · January 8, 1969
- KENNETH FRANCIS DUPONTCorporal · January 8, 1969
- ALAN CLARK GILLESFirst Lieutenant · January 8, 1969
- NORMAN FRANKLIN RIDLEYAirman Apprentice · January 8, 1969
- JON PATRICK ROCHEWarrant Officer 1 · January 8, 1969
Same unit, same day
- KENNETH FRANCIS DUPONTCorporal · Panel 35W, Line 54
From Torrance
- WALLACE KENJI MATAYOSHISpecialist Four · January 30, 1966
- NORMAN BYRON WENSELConstructionman · January 4, 1967
- EDWARD JOSEPH ERNSTPrivate First Class · February 18, 1967
- MICHAEL BOYD CARTERLance Corporal · February 23, 1967
- PAUL WAYNE RATLIFFCorporal · May 19, 1967
- STEPHEN LEE GRANTLance Corporal · September 6, 1967
- LARRY KEITH WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · November 13, 1967
- CHARLES JOHN EISENACHERStaff Sergeant · February 6, 1968
- THOMAS CLAY WRIGHTSpecialist Five · February 27, 1968
- LARRY MUNOZCorporal · March 6, 1968
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.