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JOE LAWRENCE HILL
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 3, 1946 – August 4, 1966
Service recordJoe Lawrence Hill, of Coquille, Oregon, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 4, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 105 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 105
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- October 3, 1946
- Home of record
- Coquille, Oregon (Coos County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 4, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date August 4, 1966. In August 1966, 501 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 45 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 105
- JOHN ROBERT BURNSCaptain · August 4, 1966
- RODNEY WILLARD CASSELMANPrivate First Class · August 4, 1966
- RAYMOND JOHN CHURCHILLSergeant · August 4, 1966
- RAY ELDRIDGE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · August 4, 1966
Same unit, same day
- RODNEY WILLARD CASSELMANPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 105
- RAYMOND JOHN CHURCHILLSergeant · Panel 9E, Line 105
- RAY ELDRIDGE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 105
- TIMOTHY ANDREW VELTMANSpecialist Four · Panel 9E, Line 106
From Coquille
- WILLIAM LARRY WILSONCorporal · May 19, 1968
- RICKIE ALLAN LOOMISPrivate First Class · July 6, 1969
- JOHN LANNING WILSON JRSergeant · April 15, 1971
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.