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IVORY HILL JR
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 17, 1935 – July 7, 1968
Service recordIvory Hill JR, of New Orleans, Louisiana, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 7, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 53W, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 53W · Line 35
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- June 17, 1935
- Home of record
- New Orleans, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 7, 1968
- Age
- 33
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date July 7, 1968; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 85 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 53W, Line 35
- JAMES A GOODMANStaff Sergeant · July 7, 1968
- ANTHONY WARREN GRUNDYLance Corporal · July 7, 1968
- JOHN THOMAS HOLTON JRFirst Lieutenant · July 7, 1968
- ROBERT BERNARD HORTONPrivate First Class · July 7, 1968
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES JOSEPH DICKEYFirst Lieutenant · Panel 53W, Line 33
- JAMES A GOODMANStaff Sergeant · Panel 53W, Line 35
- DAVID JACKSON SHARPSpecialist Four · Panel 53W, Line 39
- THOMAS THOMAS SPRINKLESpecialist Four · Panel 53W, Line 40
- WALLACE BRUCE WERNERSergeant · Panel 53W, Line 41
From New Orleans
- GEORGE EDWARD FLYNN IIICaptain · September 23, 1964
- HARRY EMILUS ROWLEYSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- EPHRON WALLACE JRSpecialist Four · October 5, 1965
- ROBERT ANGELO SOLORZANOLance Corporal · November 3, 1965
- CARL STEPHEN DANIELSPrivate First Class · November 4, 1965
- HERMAN LOUIS JEFFERSON JRSpecialist Four · November 12, 1965
- EARL DUBOIS AULLSecond Lieutenant · November 17, 1965
- LAVINE JOHN BANKSSergeant · November 17, 1965
- JOHNNY WILLIAM BOUINGTONPrivate First Class · November 25, 1965
- RONALD FRANCIS RODMajor · December 4, 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.