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RANDALL STEVEN HILL
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 26, 1949 – July 13, 1968
Service recordRandall Steven Hill, of Lynwood, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 13, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 52W, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 52W · Line 23
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
- Clerk-Typist (71B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- February 26, 1949
- Home of record
- Lynwood, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 13, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Other Weapons
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date July 13, 1968; three of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 80 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 52W, Line 23
- PAUL CRAWFORD HEWITSONPrivate First Class · July 13, 1968
- JOHN CLARK HURSTCaptain · July 13, 1968
- WILLIAM MICHAEL JOHNSONPrivate First Class · July 13, 1968
- THOMAS BURTON LUKESSergeant · July 13, 1968
Same unit, same day
- STEVEN L BYINGTONSpecialist Four · Panel 52W, Line 21
- PAUL CRAWFORD HEWITSONPrivate First Class · Panel 52W, Line 23
From Lynwood
- RICHARD ALBERT SCHMITZPrivate First Class · May 13, 1966
- RONALD LEE ENGLANDLance Corporal · September 19, 1966
- WILLIAM JOSEPH DUGGANPetty Officer Third Class · January 6, 1967
- RONALD LEE LAKELance Corporal · July 6, 1967
- GARY FRANCIS GATTICorporal · August 11, 1967
- PAUL LESLIE CLARKSpecialist Four · September 6, 1967
- JUAN RAMIREZSpecialist Five · September 8, 1967
- ROBERT SAMUEL FERRULLAPrivate First Class · November 13, 1967
- GEORGE STEPHEN SEHISergeant · January 9, 1968
- DONALD BYRON JONESLance Corporal · May 18, 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.