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JOHN EDWIN HILL
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
June 20, 1946 – April 7, 1970
Service recordJohn Edwin Hill, of Buchanan, Virginia, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 7, 1970, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 103 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 103
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Parachutist, Infantry Unit Commander (71542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- June 20, 1946
- Home of record
- Buchanan, Virginia (Botetourt County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 7, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date April 7, 1970; seven of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 60 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 103
- ROBERT MERLIN ROBERTSONSergeant · January 27, 1970
- DALE ARTHUR ERDMANSergeant · April 7, 1970
- PAUL JOSEPH FRINKSergeant · April 7, 1970
- HARRY DANIEL JOJOLAStaff Sergeant · April 7, 1970
- WILLIAM WALTER KLEFFMANPrivate First Class · April 7, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DALE ARTHUR ERDMANSergeant · Panel 12W, Line 103
- HARRY DANIEL JOJOLAStaff Sergeant · Panel 12W, Line 103
- WILLIAM WALTER KLEFFMANPrivate First Class · Panel 12W, Line 103
- MICHAEL PAULSENSergeant · Panel 12W, Line 104
From Buchanan
- JAMES MALCOLM BECKNERAirman First Class · October 16, 1964
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.