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GARY HILL
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 30, 1944 – September 17, 1968
Service recordGary Hill, of St Louis, Missouri, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 17, 1968, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 43W, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43W · Line 18
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- July 30, 1944
- Home of record
- St Louis, Missouri (St Louis (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 17, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
64 names on the Wall carry the date September 17, 1968; he was the only one lost in Binh Long Province that day. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 69 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 43W, Line 18
- FRANK JOSEPH MCMANUSPrivate First Class · September 17, 1968
- WAYNE EUGENE MONISMITHSpecialist Four · September 17, 1968
- GREGORY STAN MUNDELLPrivate First Class · September 17, 1968
- FREDRICK ELLIS NIGHSergeant · September 17, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JAMES RUSSELL COATESSpecialist Four · Panel 43W, Line 12
From St Louis
- EDDIE LOUIS SMITHStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- GERALD ROBERT KEENEYSpecialist Five · December 28, 1964
- HAROLD DALE MEYERKORDLieutenant · March 16, 1965
- GEORGE CRAIG SMITHMajor · April 3, 1965
- TERRY WAYNE MILLSSpecialist Four · April 19, 1965
- DONNIE D EZELLStaff Sergeant · April 24, 1965
- RONALD JOHN WARRENStaff Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- DALE LEROY TOOLOOSEWarrant Officer 1 · September 2, 1965
- JOSEPH L TSCHAMBERSPrivate First Class · September 2, 1965
- ANTHONY ROY HARDIESpecialist Four · October 28, 1965
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.