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FRANK ALLEN HILL III
Captain · U.S. Army
December 4, 1945 – August 3, 1969
Service recordFrank Allen Hill III, of Warwick, Rhode Island, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on August 3, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 91 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 91
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- December 4, 1945
- Home of record
- Warwick, Rhode Island (Kent County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 3, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date August 3, 1969; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 45 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 91
- BOBBY WAYNE ARMESCorporal · August 3, 1969
- JAMES WILLIAM BLAKEPrivate First Class · August 3, 1969
- DENNIS MICHAEL HARTERLance Corporal · August 3, 1969
- LAWRENCE ALLEN HAYESCorporal · August 3, 1969
Same unit, same day
- BOBBY WAYNE ARMESCorporal · Panel 20W, Line 91
From Warwick
- RICHARD ALAN JURCAKPrivate First Class · March 9, 1967
- ROBERT JAMES STERLINGSpecialist Four · April 25, 1967
- WILLIAM CHARLES STANLEYPrivate First Class · May 21, 1967
- KENNETH BRADFORD GOFF JRMajor · August 24, 1967
- ROBERT WILLIAM COTTENIERLance Corporal · September 4, 1967
- JOHN BRYANT HEADLEYCorporal · November 2, 1967
- LEO PAUL DUNSMORECorporal · February 12, 1968
- ALFRED LEONARD TRIPPCaptain · July 25, 1968
- JOSEPH THOMAS PIGEON JRSergeant · August 21, 1968
- JAMES LEO WARNERSergeant First Class · September 21, 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.