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JAMES LEROY HILL
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 25, 1945 – June 2, 1968
Service recordJames Leroy Hill, of Amarillo, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 2, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 61W, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 61W · Line 13
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- September 25, 1945
- Home of record
- Amarillo, Texas (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 2, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date June 2, 1968; seven of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 82 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 61W, Line 13
- LEONARD EARL DUTCHERSergeant · June 2, 1968
- THOMAS JAMES HARBOURPrivate First Class · June 2, 1968
- WILLIAM WASHINGTON HENCESergeant First Class · June 2, 1968
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS JAMES HARBOURPrivate First Class · Panel 61W, Line 13
- WILLIAM WASHINGTON HENCESergeant First Class · Panel 61W, Line 13
- PHILIP FRANK NESTICOCorporal · Panel 61W, Line 15
- THOMAS EUGENE RILEYSergeant · Panel 61W, Line 16
- EDWARD LEROY SIZELOVECorporal · Panel 61W, Line 16
- AUDRON L SMITHPrivate First Class · Panel 61W, Line 17
From Amarillo
- RONALD DICKERSON HINESFirst Lieutenant · April 26, 1964
- DONALD WAYNE BEARDLieutenant Commander · December 9, 1964
- DOUGLAS DULANE MACKWarrant Officer 1 · April 19, 1965
- STANLEY L SAPPCaptain · December 4, 1965
- L V THOMAS JRPrivate First Class · March 30, 1966
- JAMES ROBERT CROLEYPlatoon Sergeant · July 19, 1966
- MELVIN FRANKLIN FLOYDPlatoon Sergeant · August 8, 1966
- KENT PALMER FURPHYSergeant · November 12, 1966
- ARTHUR KASIMI TYSZKIEWICZLieutenant Commander · January 14, 1967
- CLIFFORD GORDON DAVISCorporal · April 30, 1967
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.