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RICHARD KENNETH HILL
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
February 6, 1947 – March 26, 1966
Service recordRichard Kenneth Hill, of Seaford, Delaware, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 26, 1966, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 51 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 51
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- February 6, 1947
- Home of record
- Seaford, Delaware (Sussex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 26, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date March 26, 1966; he was the only one lost in Gia Dinh Province that day. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 51
- GERALD ARTHUR LETENDRELance Corporal · March 25, 1966
- CLARENCE ALBERT WHITEHEADSergeant · March 25, 1966
- CHARLES TRUITT COURSONCorporal · March 26, 1966
- JAMES L HUDSPETHPrivate First Class · March 26, 1966
From Seaford
- JAMES LEE MILLERFirst Lieutenant · December 14, 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.