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MAURICE RICHARD HILL
Private · U.S. Army
October 5, 1946 – June 29, 1965
Service recordMaurice Richard Hill, of Los Angeles, California, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on June 29, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 24
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
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- October 5, 1946
- Home of record
- Los Angeles, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 29, 1965
- Age
- 18
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date June 29, 1965. In June 1965, 146 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 2E, Line 24
- NATHANAEL LEEPrivate First Class · June 29, 1965
- MARVIN NELSON LINDSEYColonel · June 29, 1965
- DENNIS STOVE PITSENBARGERPrivate First Class · June 29, 1965
- ANTHONY GARY TATEPrivate First Class · June 29, 1965
From Los Angeles
- JAMES WILLIAM MCNALLYTechnical Sergeant · October 23, 1963
- FRANK JOHN HOLGUINPrivate First Class · March 15, 1964
- RICHARD DEAN GOSSCaptain · August 29, 1964
- JOHN LOWERY MCCOYSergeant First Class · September 26, 1964
- JAMES HENRY MCLEANMaster Sergeant · February 9, 1965
- DWIGHT GLENN FRAKESChief Petty Officer · February 24, 1965
- AARON HAROLD WESTERNPrivate First Class · June 16, 1965
- EDWARD JAMES ANDERSPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- WILLIAM WARREN HAILLieutenant Colonel · August 2, 1965
- ANTHONY PHILL CHRISTOPHERLance Corporal · August 25, 1965
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.