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JOHN WALTER HILL III
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 29, 1946 – November 11, 1967
Service recordJohn Walter Hill III, of Valentine, Arizona, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 11, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 29E, Line 73 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29E · Line 73
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- October 29, 1946
- Home of record
- Valentine, Arizona (Mohave County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 11, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date November 11, 1967; five of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29E, Line 73
- GREGORY JOHN DELLAMANDOLAPrivate First Class · November 11, 1967
- CALVIN CLIFFORD HUDSONSpecialist Four · November 11, 1967
- JESSE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · November 11, 1967
- VERNON JOE JOHNSONSpecialist Four · November 11, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ELZA MORTON BREWER JRSergeant · Panel 29E, Line 70
- ROBERT ROXBURGH GROOMCorporal · Panel 29E, Line 72
- CARL JAMERSON MCHANEYCorporal · Panel 29E, Line 75
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.