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RALPH OWEN HILL
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 23, 1947 – April 25, 1970
Service recordRalph Owen Hill, of Columbia, South Carolina, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 25, 1970, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 50 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 50
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- May 23, 1947
- Home of record
- Columbia, South Carolina (Richland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 25, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date April 25, 1970; four of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 50
- DAVID ANGELO BARBARINOSpecialist Four · April 13, 1970
- PAUL WAYNE HANDERHANLance Corporal · April 25, 1970
- ROBERT RAYMOND LEWISFirst Lieutenant · April 25, 1970
- JOHN CHARLES LUNDINSergeant First Class · April 25, 1970
- BOYD MAGEESergeant · April 25, 1970
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL GEORGE BAZELSpecialist Four · Panel 11W, Line 48
- ROBERT RAYMOND LEWISFirst Lieutenant · Panel 11W, Line 50
From Columbia
- EARTHELL TYLERSergeant · November 17, 1965
- LUIS BELT R LOPEZPlatoon Sergeant · December 5, 1965
- EDDIE KENNETH WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · June 30, 1966
- THOMAS JASPER MAULDINStaff Sergeant · September 3, 1966
- CHARLES EDWARD MACMICHAELSergeant First Class · September 17, 1966
- RICHARD FLOYD WALTERSPrivate First Class · October 2, 1966
- CARROLL U THOMPSONCaptain · November 11, 1966
- DOUGLAS THOMAS JRAirman · August 4, 1966
- FORDHAM E FINCH JRPrivate First Class · January 13, 1967
- RICHARD BELTON BROCKMANCaptain · January 17, 1967
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.