The Wall › Panel 29W › North Carolina › Mickey William Hill
MICKEY WILLIAM HILL
Corporal · U.S. Army
December 15, 1948 – March 21, 1969
Service recordMickey William Hill, of Asheboro, North Carolina, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on March 21, 1969, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 98 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · Line 98
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.
Remember
Did you know him? Family members and friends are invited to share a photograph or a memory. Nothing is posted until it has been reviewed.
Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- December 15, 1948
- Home of record
- Asheboro, North Carolina (Randolph County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 21, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
83 names on the Wall carry the date March 21, 1969; four of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 174 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 29W, Line 98
- JOHN ENGEDALSergeant · March 21, 1969
- JOSEPH MARTIN EUSTAQUIOSergeant · March 21, 1969
- JERRY LEE EWINGPrivate First Class · March 21, 1969
- HARRY HUTCHISON GIBSONFirst Lieutenant · March 21, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JOHN JUAN VALEROSergeant · Panel 28W, Line 5
From Asheboro
- RONALD GALE TROGDONSpecialist Four · June 19, 1967
- CHARLES THOMAS PARKERSergeant · February 2, 1968
- ROBERT LYNN FOX JRPrivate First Class · November 30, 1968
- BILLY LOUIS UNDERWOODPrivate First Class · February 23, 1969
- JAMES THOMAS COBLESergeant · May 15, 1969
- ROBERT FRANKLIN BULLA JRStaff Sergeant · January 22, 1970
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.