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HENRY HILL JR
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
July 23, 1944 – August 23, 1968
Service recordHenry Hill JR, of Anoka, Minnesota, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 23, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 47W, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 47W · Line 45
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- July 23, 1944
- Home of record
- Anoka, Minnesota (Anoka County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 23, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
111 names on the Wall carry the date August 23, 1968; 13 of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 30 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 47W, Line 45
- ANTHONY JAMES BLEVINSPrivate First Class · August 23, 1968
- ROBERT GORDON HOLLEYPrivate · August 23, 1968
- DONALD EDWARD HORINEKSergeant · August 23, 1968
- LEO MILLER JENNETTELance Corporal · August 23, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DAVID TERRENCE JUDDSergeant · Panel 47W, Line 37
- THOMAS STEVEN GARRETTSergeant · Panel 47W, Line 43
- CHARLIE EDWARD KEMPSergeant First Class · Panel 47W, Line 46
- RAYMOND LOUIS LAGROU JRPrivate First Class · Panel 47W, Line 47
- ROBERT GAIL MILLERPrivate First Class · Panel 47W, Line 48
- JERALD THOMAS MCKENZIESergeant First Class · Panel 47W, Line 50
- RICHARD LEE ROWLAND JRCorporal · Panel 47W, Line 53
- LARRY MICHAEL SMITHPrivate First Class · Panel 47W, Line 55
- JOHN PAUL SUPERCZYNSKI JRCorporal · Panel 47W, Line 55
From Anoka
- BRADLEY EUGENE PETERSONStaff Sergeant · March 11, 1967
- BRUCE VERNON LENOUECorporal · March 30, 1967
- DAVID LLOYD BOWMAN JRAirman First Class · February 6, 1968
- JAMES ALLEN JENSENFireman · April 29, 1969
- JEFFREY JAY JOHNSSpecialist Four · September 14, 1969
- GERALD VERNON LUNDYSergeant · May 7, 1970
- ARTHUR ANDREW DEHNCorporal · May 26, 1970
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.