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JOHN WESLEY HILL JR
Corporal · U.S. Army
February 17, 1948 – March 10, 1969
Service recordJohn Wesley Hill JR, of Louisville, Kentucky, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on March 10, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 30W, Line 102 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30W · Line 102
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- February 17, 1948
- Home of record
- Louisville, Kentucky (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 10, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date March 10, 1969; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30W, Line 102
- CLARENCE EDWARD FETTYStaff Sergeant · March 10, 1969
- BUFORD HARDYPrivate First Class · March 10, 1969
- CALVIN JOHNSONSpecialist Five · March 10, 1969
- JOHN EDWARD LORTZ IIICorporal · March 10, 1969
- CARTER PURVIS LUNAColonel · March 10, 1969
Same unit, same day
- LAWRENCE DESMORESergeant · Panel 30W, Line 100
From Louisville
- FERGUS COLEMAN GROVES IICaptain · February 2, 1962
- ROBERT SHERMAN MOSIERSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- DON IRA WILLIAMSONColonel · October 24, 1964
- DONALD GORDON RADCLIFFMajor · August 18, 1965
- LEE ROY JAMESGunnery Sergeant · September 5, 1965
- JERRY DWAYNE UNDERWOODPrivate First Class · September 18, 1965
- GARY LOUIS DOWELLCorporal · October 27, 1965
- THOMAS EDWARD THAYER JRSergeant Major · November 8, 1965
- BOBBY LEE FAVORSSergeant · February 4, 1966
- KENNETH RUSHPrivate First Class · February 7, 1966
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.