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CHARLES HERMAN HILL
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
July 29, 1937 – June 22, 1966
Service recordCharles Herman Hill, of Fond Du Lac, Wisconsin, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 22, 1966, in Phu Yen Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 75 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 75
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Wireman (2511)
- Born
- July 29, 1937
- Home of record
- Fond Du Lac, Wisconsin (Fond Du Lac County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 22, 1966
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Phu Yen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date June 22, 1966; he was the only one lost in Phu Yen Province that day. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 75
- ERVELL MADRID GUEVARAPrivate · June 22, 1966
- THOMAS NORMAN HARRISONPrivate First Class · June 22, 1966
- CECIL HUYLERSergeant · June 22, 1966
- GARY ALLEN ISAACSONPrivate First Class · June 22, 1966
From Fond Du Lac
- CARL WAYNE GRIMESPrivate First Class · May 5, 1964
- GERALD CARL CAPELLECaptain · April 1, 1965
- CLYDE DUANE DAWSONMajor · March 23, 1966
- RODNEY HOWARD RICKLISeaman · February 15, 1967
- ROY ANTHONY SCHAEFER JRPrivate First Class · March 5, 1967
- PHILIP JOHN KIMPELPrivate First Class · March 11, 1967
- BLAKE HENRY HALFMANLance Corporal · February 17, 1968
- FREDERICK RAYMOND CASPERFirst Lieutenant · May 9, 1968
- GERALD STANLEY STOZEKSpecialist Four · September 28, 1968
- LEO ROLAND MEYERSpecialist Four · October 5, 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.