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JERRY DWAIN HILL
Corporal · U.S. Army
October 3, 1947 – November 14, 1968
Service recordJerry Dwain Hill, of Lexington, Alabama, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on November 14, 1968, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 39W, Line 66 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39W · Line 66
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- October 3, 1947
- Home of record
- Lexington, Alabama (Lauderdale County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 14, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date November 14, 1968; six of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 98 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 39W, Line 66
- RICKY LYNN CORNELLSpecialist Four · November 14, 1968
- MONROE GREERPrivate First Class · November 14, 1968
- RANDOLPH EDWARD HATTONPrivate First Class · November 14, 1968
- GABRIEL HERRADALance Corporal · November 14, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RANDOLPH EDWARD HATTONPrivate First Class · Panel 39W, Line 66
- DAVID MICHAEL MORRISWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 39W, Line 67
- DONALD ARTHUR THOMPSONSpecialist Four · Panel 39W, Line 68
From Lexington
- CHARLES EDWARD COXSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- DON LESLIE MICHAELSpecialist Four · April 8, 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.