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ALVIN GENE HILL
Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 22, 1945 – June 22, 1967
Service recordAlvin Gene Hill, of Bartow, Florida, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 22, 1967, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 22E, Line 41 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22E · Line 41
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- November 22, 1945
- Home of record
- Bartow, Florida (Polk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 22, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
87 names on the Wall carry the date June 22, 1967; 78 of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 85 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 22E, Line 41
- DAVID JUNIOR HELLERPrivate First Class · June 22, 1967
- DOYLE HOLCOMBPrivate First Class · June 22, 1967
- RICHARD E HOOD JRFirst Lieutenant · June 22, 1967
- VINS RONALD HOOPERSpecialist Four · June 22, 1967
Same unit, same day
- TERRY LEE ODIS ALLENPrivate First Class · Panel 22E, Line 35
- ERLING ALTON ANDERSONPrivate First Class · Panel 22E, Line 35
- JAMES ARNOLDPrivate First Class · Panel 22E, Line 35
- WILLIAM JOSEPH BOEHMPrivate First Class · Panel 22E, Line 36
- ERVIN L BURNSFirst Lieutenant · Panel 22E, Line 36
- ALBERT BUTLER JRPrivate First Class · Panel 22E, Line 36
- DARRELL WAYNE BUTTSPrivate First Class · Panel 22E, Line 36
- CARLIN MARTIN CAMPBELL JRPrivate First Class · Panel 22E, Line 37
- THORNE M CLARK IIIPrivate First Class · Panel 22E, Line 37
- THOMAS ALFRED DESCHENESSpecialist Four · Panel 22E, Line 37
- JACK LESTER CRIPESpecialist Four · Panel 22E, Line 38
- CHARLES ORVIS DEEDRICK JRSpecialist Four · Panel 22E, Line 38
- LLOYD DWAIN DELOACHSpecialist Four · Panel 22E, Line 38
- LESTER MICHAEL DERISOPrivate First Class · Panel 22E, Line 38
- RONALD CLEVELAND CLARKSpecialist Four · Panel 22E, Line 39
- THOMAS BENEDICT DUFFY JRPrivate First Class · Panel 22E, Line 39
- TIMOTHY JAMES EGANPrivate First Class · Panel 22E, Line 39
- JAMES RICHARD EMMERTSergeant · Panel 22E, Line 39
- RUSSEL WARREN ENGLESpecialist Four · Panel 22E, Line 39
- BOBBY LEE FINNEYSpecialist Four · Panel 22E, Line 40
- BURRELL GIBSONSpecialist Four · Panel 22E, Line 40
- KENNETH LAWRENCE GREENEPrivate First Class · Panel 22E, Line 40
- DAVID JUNIOR HELLERPrivate First Class · Panel 22E, Line 41
- DOYLE HOLCOMBPrivate First Class · Panel 22E, Line 41
From Bartow
- DONALD COLES WOODRUFFCaptain · July 20, 1966
- JAMES F FUQUASpecialist Four · February 13, 1968
- JAMES ROBERT ADAMSSecond Lieutenant · March 20, 1968
- FRED RICHARD GLOVERSpecialist Four · April 3, 1968
- EDWIN LEWIS CAHALLPetty Officer First Class · June 9, 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.