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GERALD RAY HILL
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 18, 1943 – June 4, 1969
Service recordGerald Ray Hill, of Linwood, Pennsylvania, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 4, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 64 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 64
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- August 18, 1943
- Home of record
- Linwood, Pennsylvania (Delaware County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 4, 1969
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date June 4, 1969; he was the only one lost in Tây Ninh Province that day. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 27 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 64
- ROY PHILLIP GARGUSSpecialist Four · June 4, 1969
- THOMAS ANDREW GREISENSpecialist Four · June 4, 1969
- BENJAMIN HARRISSpecialist Four · June 4, 1969
- JAMES HARRISON HOPKINSSpecialist Four · June 4, 1969
From Linwood
- TIMOTHY JOSEPH NODENSergeant · May 13, 1968
- THOMAS MILTON AARON JRSpecialist Four · June 13, 1969
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.