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DAVID NOEL HILL
Corporal · U.S. Army
December 3, 1949 – March 2, 1968
Service recordDavid Noel Hill, of Alton, Illinois, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on March 2, 1968, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 42E, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42E · Line 33
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Heavy Vehicle Driver (64B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- December 3, 1949
- Home of record
- Alton, Illinois (Madison County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 2, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
100 names on the Wall carry the date March 2, 1968; three of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 36 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 42E, Line 33
- FLOYD HEGLER JRSergeant First Class · March 2, 1968
- FRANK JOHN HUTCHINSSergeant · March 2, 1968
- FRANCIS LEON JEANTETCorporal · March 2, 1968
- ROBERT JAMES JENKSSpecialist Four · March 2, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD ROMEROSpecialist Four · Panel 42E, Line 40
From Alton
- CHARLES ADAM MCGEEPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- ROBERT NELSON DAVISPrivate First Class · April 26, 1966
- HERMAN ROBERT ARMSTRONGPrivate First Class · August 22, 1966
- LEONARD WITCHER IIILance Corporal · September 15, 1966
- DENNIS LYNN DOOLEYSpecialist Four · November 10, 1966
- HERSCHEL LEE EPPS JRPrivate First Class · January 17, 1967
- STEPHEN ANDREW CHILDERSCaptain · January 19, 1967
- GORDON LEE HOGANStaff Sergeant · March 31, 1967
- RAMON J MORALESPrivate First Class · May 26, 1967
- FREDERICK H ELIZONDOWarrant Officer 1 · June 6, 1967
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.