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An airman lights a candle during POW/MIA recognition week at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina. Photo: A1C Aaron Jenne, U.S. Air Force, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of John Richard Hill.

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JOHN RICHARD HILL

Captain · U.S. Army

August 5, 1940 – April 27, 1970

Service record

John Richard Hill, of Waynesburg, Pennsylvania, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on April 27, 1970, offshore, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 58 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

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Panel 11W · Line 58

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Service

Branch
U.S. Army
Rank
Captain (CPT)
Service
Reserve / National Guard
Occupation
Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
Unit (as recorded)
US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
Born
August 5, 1940
Home of record
Waynesburg, Pennsylvania (Greene County)

Casualty

Date of death
April 27, 1970
Age
29
Province
Offshore
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Non-hostile
Category
Accident
Circumstance
Helicopter Crash — crew
Remains
Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record

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What was happening

28 names on the Wall carry the date April 27, 1970. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.

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From Waynesburg

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.