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DAVID WILLIAM HILL
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 12, 1944 – July 23, 1966
Service recordDavid William Hill, of Erie, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 23, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 62 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 62
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- November 12, 1944
- Home of record
- Erie, Pennsylvania (Erie County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 23, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date July 23, 1966. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 74 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 62
- ROBERT FRANCIS GEARY JRPrivate First Class · July 23, 1966
- DANIEL MCNEIL GUNNPetty Officer Third Class · July 23, 1966
- RICHARD DAVID KALERLance Corporal · July 23, 1966
- JARVIS CRAWFORD LOWDERSergeant · July 23, 1966
Same unit, same day
- JAMES RICHARD BROWNPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 61
- ORVILLE D WELLSCorporal · Panel 9E, Line 64
From Erie
- RONALD ROBERT MARTINStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JACK LEE NEIDRICKLance Corporal · March 17, 1966
- LEONARD IRA HENRYSergeant · May 6, 1966
- THOMAS JOSEPH KENNEDY JRCaptain · June 12, 1966
- CLIFTON MARTIN WALTERPrivate First Class · August 23, 1966
- DAVID JOSEPH IGNASIAKPrivate First Class · November 4, 1966
- DONALD ROY OSWALDGunnery Sergeant · December 23, 1966
- FRANK CARL SUVARA JRPrivate First Class · January 14, 1967
- JOSEPH EDWARDSSergeant · January 19, 1967
- CHARLES SUTHERLAND HYMERSFirst Lieutenant · February 4, 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.