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JOHN ROBERT HILL
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
March 5, 1937 – February 24, 1969
Service recordJohn Robert Hill, of Altadena, California, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 24, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 31W, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31W · Line 36
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Leader (0369)
- Born
- March 5, 1937
- Home of record
- Altadena, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 24, 1969
- Age
- 31
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
54 names on the Wall carry the date February 24, 1969; five of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 31W, Line 36
- JAMES KENNETH HALLCaptain · February 24, 1969
- TIMOTHY JOHN HALLCorporal · February 24, 1969
- EUGENE SCOTT HANCOCKPetty Officer Second Class · February 24, 1969
- FREDDY PAUL HEUGELSpecialist Four · February 24, 1969
- MICHAEL NEIL HUBERTStaff Sergeant · February 24, 1969
From Altadena
- RICHARD GLEN COLLINSFirst Lieutenant · November 5, 1966
- DAVID ROBERT MORGANSergeant · March 7, 1969
- JAMES WILLIE WILSONPrivate · April 14, 1969
- AMMONS EWING SMITH JRPrivate First Class · May 1, 1969
- DANIEL ALAN FREYCorporal · February 12, 1970
- CLEVE DAVIS MILLERSpecialist Four · April 16, 1970
- DOUGLAS HARVARD YUKISpecialist Four · September 28, 1970
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.