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ANDREW LAMAR HILL
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 24, 1941 – July 28, 1970
Service recordAndrew Lamar Hill, of Washington, District of Columbia, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 28, 1970, in Kien Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 62 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 62
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Armament Repairman (45J)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- March 24, 1941
- Home of record
- Washington, District of Columbia (District Of Columbia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 28, 1970
- Age
- 29
- Province
- Kien Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date July 28, 1970; he was the only one lost in Kien Tuong Province that day. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 33 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 62
- KEVIN MARK FRYEWarrant Officer 1 · July 28, 1970
- RALPH VINCENT LACAGNINASergeant · July 28, 1970
- TERRANCE DUANE MARPLESpecialist Four · July 28, 1970
- FRANK MARIO PASCARELLACaptain · July 28, 1970
Same unit, same day
- BOYD LEROY SHOOKCorporal · Panel 8W, Line 63
From Washington
- HOMER CLEO MCINTYRE JRCaptain · July 28, 1964
- JAMES MARTIN CALEStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- GEZA TEGLASSergeant · October 27, 1965
- LOUIS SHERRODSergeant · November 6, 1965
- LEROY HILLPlatoon Sergeant · November 8, 1965
- CALVIN BOUKNIGHTSpecialist Five · November 16, 1965
- PAUL EDWARD HURDLEStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- THEODORE M BEAMONSpecialist Four · November 23, 1965
- HARRY RONALD HOSKINSONSpecialist Four · December 13, 1965
- WILLIE MITCHELL JRAirman First Class · December 20, 1965
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.