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FOSTER EUGENE HILL
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
April 9, 1949 – May 2, 1968
Service recordFoster Eugene Hill, of Pittsburg, Oklahoma, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 2, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 54E, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 54E · Line 8
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
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- April 9, 1949
- Home of record
- Pittsburg, Oklahoma (Pittsburg County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 2, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
113 names on the Wall carry the date May 2, 1968; 15 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 54E, Line 8
- LEON GONZA HAMILTON JRCorporal · May 2, 1968
- MICHAEL LEROY HANSONLance Corporal · May 2, 1968
- PAUL ALVIN HARRISONCorporal · May 2, 1968
- JOHN EDMON HAWTHORNSergeant · May 2, 1968
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.