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JAMES LOUIS HILL
Private · U.S. Marine Corps
October 30, 1947 – May 16, 1968
Service recordJames Louis Hill, of Ponchatoula, Louisiana, served as a Private in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 16, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 61E, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 61E · Line 11
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 (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- October 30, 1947
- Home of record
- Ponchatoula, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 16, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
80 names on the Wall carry the date May 16, 1968; 29 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 61E, Line 11
- DAVID WALLACE HENDLEStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1968
- CHARLES RODNEY HENDRIXCorporal · May 16, 1968
- JERRY G HOLLINGSWORTH JRCorporal · May 16, 1968
- HENRY JOSEPH KIRCHNER JRPrivate First Class · May 16, 1968
From Ponchatoula
- JERRY WAYNE CORKERNSpecialist Four · November 26, 1966
- WINFIELD WALTER REIDSpecialist Four · February 28, 1968
- ALFRED LEROY LEBLANCCorporal · April 16, 1968
- LEONARD CHARLES MILLERSpecialist Four · March 10, 1969
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.