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EDWIN CHARLES HILL
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
November 7, 1947 – January 13, 1967
Service recordEdwin Charles Hill, of Sebring, Florida, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 13, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 22
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assault Amphibious Vehicle Crewman (1833)
- Unit (as recorded)
- HS CO 1 AMTRAC BN 3 MARDIV
- Born
- November 7, 1947
- Home of record
- Sebring, Florida (Highlands County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 13, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date January 13, 1967; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 22
- BOBBY GENE GOLDHAGENCorporal · January 13, 1967
- GEORGE HENRY HADDOXSpecialist Four · January 13, 1967
- BOBBY GENE JACKSONSergeant · January 13, 1967
- AARON BURR JONES JRPrivate · January 13, 1967
From Sebring
- BRUCE LAMAR SIMPSONPrivate First Class · October 18, 1966
- DENNIS SMITH JRCaptain · November 30, 1969
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.