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JERRY L HILL
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 14, 1947 – November 6, 1967
Service recordJerry L Hill, of Ray, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 6, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 29E, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29E · Line 30
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- August 14, 1947
- Home of record
- Ray, Ohio (Jackson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 6, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
55 names on the Wall carry the date November 6, 1967. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 91 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29E, Line 30
- IRA L GARNERSpecialist Four · November 6, 1967
- ROY ALLEN GIBSONSergeant · November 6, 1967
- ROBERT WARREN HAGERMANColonel · November 6, 1967
- THOMAS G HAWKINSSpecialist Four · November 6, 1967
Same unit, same day
- RALPH LEE AVERYSecond Lieutenant · Panel 29E, Line 27
- ROBERT LESTER CARTERCorporal · Panel 29E, Line 28
- STEPHEN FRANKLIN JUMPERPrivate First Class · Panel 29E, Line 31
- BRUCE CHARLES LEISINGPrivate First Class · Panel 29E, Line 32
- WILLIAM ARTHUR MICHAELSpecialist Four · Panel 29E, Line 32
- MARTIN FREDERICK STERUDPrivate First Class · Panel 29E, Line 36
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.