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ERNEST JAMES HILL
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
June 2, 1946 – July 14, 1968
Service recordErnest James Hill, of Larchmont, New York, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 14, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 52W, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 52W · Line 28
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Cannoneer (0811)
- Born
- June 2, 1946
- Home of record
- Larchmont, New York (Westchester County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 14, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date July 14, 1968; 13 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 52W, Line 28
- JOHN HARVEY FEEZERSpecialist Five · July 14, 1968
- CHARLES BRIAN KEATHLEYLance Corporal · July 14, 1968
- RICHARD GEORGE LIEWERSpecialist Four · July 14, 1968
- HAROLD LEROY LLANESLance Corporal · July 14, 1968
From Larchmont
- RICHARD ALAN WESTERNStaff Sergeant · May 20, 1968
- DANIEL JAMES KEATING JRMajor · May 22, 1968
- ANTHONY PHILIP AGARSpecialist Four · May 7, 1969
- JOHN PEDDIE BATTERSON JRSpecialist Four · June 19, 1969
- DANIEL MARTIN BROWNAirman First Class · June 4, 1971
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.