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DALE ARTHUR HILL
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 31, 1947 – May 21, 1968
Service recordDale Arthur Hill, of West Fort Ann, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 21, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 64E, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 64E · Line 15
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- October 31, 1947
- Home of record
- West Fort Ann, New York (Washington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 21, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
53 names on the Wall carry the date May 21, 1968; six of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 103 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 64E, Line 15
- ROBERT LOUIS HARRISONSpecialist Four · May 21, 1968
- JAMES JOSEPH HEWLETTPrivate First Class · May 21, 1968
- THEODORE ROBERT HOLLISCorporal · May 21, 1968
- BRENT R JONESCorporal · May 21, 1968
Same unit, same day
- MARK PAINE COLLINSSpecialist Four · Panel 64E, Line 12
- JIMMY WAYNE HAMBYSpecialist Four · Panel 64E, Line 14
- LEROY SHANNON JRPrivate First Class · Panel 65E, Line 2
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.