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CHARLES DALE HILL
Seaman Apprentice · U.S. Navy
November 24, 1947 – May 15, 1967
Service recordCharles Dale Hill, of Rolla, Missouri, served as a Seaman Apprentice in the U.S. Navy. He died on May 15, 1967, offshore, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 127 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 127
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. Navy
- Rank
- Seaman Apprentice (SA)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Seaman (SN)
- Unit (as recorded)
- USS SAINT PAUL CA 73
- Born
- November 24, 1947
- Home of record
- Rolla, Missouri (Phelps County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 15, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Offshore
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date May 15, 1967. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 19E, Line 127
- EARL GILBERT GRUBBLance Corporal · May 15, 1967
- JACK MARSTON HARRISSergeant · May 15, 1967
- NORMAN ROGER HOCKERCorporal · May 15, 1967
- LEE CHRISTOPHER JAMES JRPrivate First Class · May 15, 1967
From Rolla
- LAWRENCE WICKS JORDANCaptain · February 21, 1965
- JOHN LOUIS HUNTERSergeant · March 21, 1966
- ALAN NEIL PRENTICEPrivate First Class · May 12, 1969
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.