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JAMES WALLACE HILL JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 3, 1949 – May 11, 1968
Service recordJames Wallace Hill JR, of Buffalo, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 11, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 58E, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 58E · Line 22
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- March 3, 1949
- Home of record
- Buffalo, New York (Erie County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 11, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
54 names on the Wall carry the date May 11, 1968; four of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 103 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 58E, Line 22
- JAMES STEWART HAYCaptain · May 11, 1968
- DONALD EUGENE HONEYCUTTSergeant · May 11, 1968
- RICHARD CURTIS JACKSONSergeant · May 11, 1968
- JUAN MACIAS JIMENEZSergeant · May 11, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JAMES KENNETH ALLESSergeant · Panel 58E, Line 18
- JAMES GILBERT COLLINSSpecialist Four · Panel 58E, Line 19
- FLOYD CLARK BAILEYSpecialist Four · Panel 58E, Line 20
- JAMES STEWART HAYCaptain · Panel 58E, Line 22
From Buffalo
- RICHARD MARION SROKACaptain · July 13, 1964
- KENNETH DAVID STANKIEWICZLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- THEODORE ROOSEVELT CHAMBLEYStaff Sergeant · October 16, 1965
- HENRY JOHN PAWLICK JRSpecialist Four · November 7, 1965
- THOMAS GEORGE HENSONSpecialist Four · November 12, 1965
- WILBUR CURRY JRStaff Sergeant · November 15, 1965
- RICHARD P CORSONPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- HENRY JAMES DOSTERCorporal · March 5, 1966
- DUANE KENNETH HEISERPrivate First Class · March 15, 1966
- MICHAEL KELLY MCGUIREAirman · February 16, 1966
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.