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PAUL JEWELL HILL
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
February 18, 1944 – May 12, 1968
Service recordPaul Jewell Hill, of Circleville, Ohio, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on May 12, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 59E, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 59E · Line 4
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- February 18, 1944
- Home of record
- Circleville, Ohio (Pickaway County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 12, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
97 names on the Wall carry the date May 12, 1968; he was the only one lost in Long An Province that day. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 47 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 59E, Line 4
- CHARLES WALTER HARBERTPrivate First Class · May 12, 1968
- JONATHAN HENDERSONSergeant · May 12, 1968
- FRANK MONROE HEPLERStaff Sergeant · May 12, 1968
- TYRONE HILLPrivate · May 12, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DARRELL VERNON VANCESpecialist Four · Panel 59E, Line 14
From Circleville
- WILLIAM J BARTHELMAS JRCaptain · July 27, 1965
- LLOYD RAY HUGHEYPrivate First Class · September 2, 1967
- LESLIE L BRUCKER JRStaff Sergeant · August 25, 1968
- THOMAS EUGENE CONKELPrivate First Class · December 4, 1968
- JOHN EDWARD WRIGHTPrivate First Class · September 23, 1969
- JAMES DELVIN SMITHSpecialist Four · May 5, 1970
- ROY LYNN CARTERCorporal · May 20, 1970
- JOHN LAWRENCE FETHEROLFPrivate First Class · July 20, 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.