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MICHAEL ALAN HILL
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 5, 1951 – July 13, 1972
Service recordMichael Alan Hill, of Cottonwood, Arizona, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 13, 1972, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 56 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 56
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medium Helicopter Repairer (67U)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- August 5, 1951
- Home of record
- Cottonwood, Arizona (Yavapai County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 13, 1972
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Two names on the Wall carry the date July 13, 1972; he was the only one lost in Quảng Trị Province that day. In July 1972, 53 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
He died in Quảng Trị Province while the Easter Offensive was under way. On 30 March 1972, North Vietnam launched its largest offensive since 1968, attacking across the DMZ, toward An Lộc and into the Central Highlands. By then few U.S. ground troops remained; American advisers and air power fought alongside the South Vietnamese.
Also on Panel 1W, Line 56
- JAMES LINTON HUARDCaptain · July 12, 1972
- SAMUEL ODONNELL JRCaptain · July 12, 1972
- ROBERT RANDALL CECILPetty Officer First Class · July 13, 1972
- WAYNE GORDON BROWN IIMajor · July 17, 1972
From Cottonwood
- FRANK AMBROSE RAZOPrivate First Class · June 1, 1966
- WILLIAM RAYMOND BENNETTPrivate First Class · December 1, 1966
- ANTHONY LEE BENNETTSecond Lieutenant · May 31, 1968
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.