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RICHARD DALE HILL
Airman Second Class · U.S. Air Force
December 3, 1942 – December 6, 1963
Service recordRichard Dale Hill, of Houston, Texas, served as an Airman Second Class in the U.S. Air Force. He died on December 6, 1963, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 36
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Airman Second Class (A2C)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 21 ARM AND ELEC MAINT SQ
- Born
- December 3, 1942
- Home of record
- Houston, Texas (Harris County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 6, 1963
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date December 6, 1963. In December 1963, 23 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
Also on Panel 1E, Line 36
- THOMAS FREDERICK GORTONCaptain · December 6, 1963
- LOUIS ANTHONY CARRICARTESecond Lieutenant · December 12, 1963
- WILLIAM EDWARD TH FLOWERSChief Warrant Officer 2 · December 12, 1963
- CLARENCE LARRY MOORERCaptain · December 12, 1963
From Houston
- JOSEPH MICHAEL FAHEY JRCaptain · February 11, 1962
- JOHN F SHAUGHNESSY JRCaptain · February 3, 1963
- HUGHIE DARELL ADAMSMajor · January 7, 1964
- ALBERT LAWRENCE SHIMEKPrivate First Class · April 10, 1964
- BYRON CLARK STONECaptain · August 20, 1964
- JAMES EDWARD HAVEMANNWarrant Officer 1 · October 7, 1964
- ROBERT GRAHAM BELLMajor · May 16, 1965
- LEROY ANTHONY BOURGEOISPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- ROBERT FILMORE BATSONSergeant · August 18, 1965
- JIMMY LEELAND CROUCHLance Corporal · September 26, 1965
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.