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JIMMY LEE HILL
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
February 8, 1943 – July 15, 1970
Service recordJimmy Lee Hill, of Malone, Florida, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on July 15, 1970, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 20
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Attack Helicopter Pilot (100E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- February 8, 1943
- Home of record
- Malone, Florida (Jackson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 15, 1970
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date July 15, 1970; four of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 52 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 20
- EDWARD REYES DIAZSpecialist Five · July 15, 1970
- CLIFFORD GRAYLance Corporal · July 15, 1970
- LENTON EUGENE MIZERWarrant Officer 1 · July 15, 1970
- STANLEY VICTOR NEWMANSergeant · July 15, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JOHN PATRICK BARTONEWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 8W, Line 19
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.