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JAMES EDWARD HILL
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
December 26, 1947 – May 2, 1967
Service recordJames Edward Hill, of Pine Bluff, Arkansas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 2, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 14
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- December 26, 1947
- Home of record
- Pine Bluff, Arkansas (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 2, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
56 names on the Wall carry the date May 2, 1967; seven of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 19E, Line 14
- WILLIAM THOMAS HAYESPrivate · May 2, 1967
- LLOYD LAVERN HEATHHospitalman · May 2, 1967
- JOHN MICHAEL HENDERSONLance Corporal · May 2, 1967
- STEPHEN THOMAS HEPNERSecond Lieutenant · May 2, 1967
From Pine Bluff
- ROBERT DANEL OWEN JRSergeant First Class · June 24, 1966
- JESSE B STRIBLINGPrivate First Class · July 16, 1966
- ROBERT ARTHUR SAUCIERAirman Second Class · July 1, 1967
- FREDRICK LAMAR THROWERTechnical Sergeant · September 4, 1967
- JOHN CHARLES HOUSECorporal · December 15, 1967
- WILLIE CHARLES TORRENCEPrivate First Class · February 10, 1968
- EDGAR LEE SIMMONSCorporal · April 3, 1968
- LARRY GENE CALHOUNSpecialist Four · May 18, 1968
- WILLIE LORENZO MORGAN JRSpecialist Four · June 2, 1968
- BOBBY RAY PORCHIASpecialist Four · June 24, 1968
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.