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LARRY EDWIN HILL
Corporal · U.S. Army
September 23, 1946 – January 15, 1968
Service recordLarry Edwin Hill, of West Point, Georgia, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on January 15, 1968, in Phu Yen Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 34E, Line 53 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34E · Line 53
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. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- September 23, 1946
- Home of record
- West Point, Georgia (Troup County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 15, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Phu Yen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date January 15, 1968; he was the only one lost in Phu Yen Province that day. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 34 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 34E, Line 53
- GARY HOWARD GRUBBSpecialist Four · January 15, 1968
- LARRY EUGENE HERBERTPrivate First Class · January 15, 1968
- BERT HOWARD HINSONMaster Sergeant · January 15, 1968
- KENNETH RALPH HOWELLPrivate First Class · January 15, 1968
From West Point
- WILLIE JAMES FOSTERPrivate First Class · May 25, 1968
- LEWIS ANDRES CALLAWAY IIISergeant · January 28, 1969
- JOHN CALVIN HALSEYSpecialist Four · July 25, 1971
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.