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PETER ALAN HILL
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 28, 1947 – February 11, 1968
Service recordPeter Alan Hill, of Eureka, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 11, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 38E, Line 77 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38E · Line 77
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- May 28, 1947
- Home of record
- Eureka, California (Humboldt County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 11, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
44 names on the Wall carry the date February 11, 1968; three of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 232 of its members that month.
He died in Hua Nghia Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 38E, Line 77
- DONALD ARTHUR HAUSRATH JRSecond Lieutenant · February 11, 1968
- GEORGE JONATHAN HOUSEPrivate First Class · February 11, 1968
- DANNY RAY HOWELLSpecialist Five · February 11, 1968
- GERALD ALBERT HUCZEKCorporal · February 11, 1968
Same unit, same day
- GIVEN WEST BRADLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 38E, Line 75
- RICHARD LEE SORENSENPrivate First Class · Panel 38E, Line 81
- FRANK LOUIS STECPrivate First Class · Panel 38E, Line 81
- STANLEY EUGENE WATSONPrivate First Class · Panel 39E, Line 1
From Eureka
- DOUGLAS FRANK QUINNPrivate First Class · September 16, 1966
- DANIEL ARTHUR PATTERSONLance Corporal · May 25, 1967
- GENE ELWOOD CALPHMaster Sergeant · June 22, 1967
- DENNIS ERWIN GABBERTSpecialist Four · September 1, 1967
- JAMES EDWARD ANDERSONSpecialist Four · November 3, 1967
- DANIEL CLYDE FAULKS JRSpecialist Four · December 26, 1967
- FRANK EBERLY HEADLEY IVSergeant · April 1, 1968
- JAMES MITCHELL TRIMBLECorporal · April 6, 1968
- DAVID ALLEN CARLINCaptain · January 16, 1969
- JACK ELWIN WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · March 8, 1969
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.