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GERALD WILLIAM HILL
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 9, 1950 – January 7, 1971
Service recordGerald William Hill, of Milford, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 7, 1971, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 31
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- October 9, 1950
- Home of record
- Milford, Ohio (Clermont County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 7, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date January 7, 1971; six of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In January 1971, 259 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 5W, Line 31
- ROBERT BRUCE MICHALKSpecialist Four · January 7, 1971
- RUSSEL COURTNEY NELSONCorporal · January 7, 1971
- ROBERT LEE PAYNTERPetty Officer Second Class · January 7, 1971
- CHARLES MITCHELL PRICEStaff Sergeant · January 7, 1971
Same unit, same day
- STEPHEN ELDON BOOTSStaff Sergeant · Panel 5W, Line 30
- RICK SAMUEL BROWNSergeant · Panel 5W, Line 30
- RUSSEL COURTNEY NELSONCorporal · Panel 5W, Line 31
- RICHARD EUGENE TABORSpecialist Four · Panel 5W, Line 32
From Milford
- SAMUEL QUENTON ASHERPrivate First Class · December 27, 1966
- JOHN WILLIAM MCCOYSpecialist Four · May 7, 1967
- VIRGIL LEMAR HITERPrivate First Class · December 16, 1967
- RODNEY LEROY HUDDLESONCorporal · December 19, 1967
- ROGER MINETT LAYPrivate First Class · January 25, 1968
- CLIFFORD JOHN T LEFLERSergeant · June 7, 1969
- RANDALL CHARLES SHORTSpecialist Four · May 24, 1971
- LOUIS JOHN SPEIDELCaptain · June 25, 1971
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.