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RICHARD GARFIELD HILL
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 15, 1945 – December 9, 1969
Service recordRichard Garfield Hill, of Essex, Maryland, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 9, 1969, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 42
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- September 15, 1945
- Home of record
- Essex, Maryland (Baltimore County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 9, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date December 9, 1969; three of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 48 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 42
- ROGER WILLIAM HEINZMajor · December 9, 1969
- WARD LAWRENCE HOOPER JRWarrant Officer 1 · December 9, 1969
- WILLIAM ROBERT KIMBALLPrivate First Class · December 9, 1969
- KARL FERDINAND LANGELieutenant Colonel · December 9, 1969
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM ACKER BARNESSergeant · Panel 15W, Line 41
From Essex
- HARRY ALBERT MATTINGLY JRPetty Officer Second Class · January 16, 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.