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CLARENCE MITCHELL HILL
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 14, 1945 – January 19, 1969
Service recordClarence Mitchell Hill, of Jennings, Florida, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 19, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · Line 37
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (12B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- C CO 14 ENG BN 45 ENG GRP 18 ENG BDE
- Born
- July 14, 1945
- Home of record
- Jennings, Florida (Hamilton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 19, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date January 19, 1969; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 34W, Line 37
- WILLIAM RAY CHRISTENSENSergeant · January 19, 1969
- DENNIS BLAINE GREENSeaman Apprentice · January 19, 1969
- RONALD LEE HARRISCorporal · January 19, 1969
- FRANK EDWARD HICKSSergeant · January 19, 1969
From Jennings
- PAUL WAYNE BURNETTSergeant · December 15, 1970
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.