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JOSEPH ARNOLD HILL
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
December 22, 1947 – May 28, 1968
Service recordJoseph Arnold Hill, of Taylorville, Illinois, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 28, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 64W, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 64W · Line 10
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- B CO 1 RECON BN 1 MARDIV
- Born
- December 22, 1947
- Home of record
- Taylorville, Illinois (Christian County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 28, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
74 names on the Wall carry the date May 28, 1968; 12 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1968, 2,418 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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On the Wall
Also on Panel 64W, Line 10
- RONALD GENE HEMBREEPetty Officer Third Class · May 28, 1968
- JAMES WENDELL HOLBROOKPrivate First Class · May 28, 1968
- BEN WILLIS HOWELLSergeant First Class · May 28, 1968
- PHILLIP DANIEL MILLERLance Corporal · May 28, 1968
From Taylorville
- ROBERT EUGENE GELONEK JRPrivate First Class · February 21, 1967
- CHARLES GREGORY ROSSCorporal · March 3, 1968
- CHARLES RAY MOOMEYSpecialist Four · March 26, 1968
- RUSSELL LARNED ENGS IIISergeant · May 9, 1968
- WILLIAM MILLER VITALEFirst Lieutenant · November 29, 1968
- MICHAEL JOSEPH SINCAVAGESpecialist Four · February 6, 1969
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.