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EUGENE DONALD HILL
Captain · U.S. Army
October 1, 1944 – November 10, 1968
Service recordEugene Donald Hill, of Kansas City, Missouri, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on November 10, 1968, in Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 39W, Line 43 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39W · Line 43
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- October 1, 1944
- Home of record
- Kansas City, Missouri (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 10, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Phuoc Tuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date November 10, 1968; he was the only one lost in Phuoc Tuy Province that day. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 39W, Line 43
- SAMMY JOE CROSSPetty Officer Third Class · November 10, 1968
- ROBERT DEARHART DREWStaff Sergeant · November 10, 1968
- JOSE GARCIASergeant First Class · November 10, 1968
- RICHARD GREENSPANPrivate First Class · November 10, 1968
From Kansas City
- PATRICK PEARSE MANNINGPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- FRANK ALLEN GIVENPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- MICHAEL STEVENS HARRISPrivate First Class · December 9, 1965
- LESTER A ROGERSFirst Lieutenant · February 28, 1966
- JEROME NIXONPrivate First Class · March 23, 1966
- CHARLES R LAWHONWarrant Officer 1 · May 6, 1966
- JAMES PAUL DEBRULERPrivate First Class · May 21, 1966
- DAYTON WILLIAM RAGLANDColonel · May 31, 1966
- ROBERT WILLIAM PECKPrivate First Class · July 10, 1966
- EUGENE JOLLYSpecialist Five · July 11, 1966
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.