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RICKY J HILLS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 2, 1949 – July 29, 1970
Service recordRicky J Hills, of Perrysburg, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 29, 1970, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 66 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 66
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Aircraft Maintenance Apprentice (67A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- August 2, 1949
- Home of record
- Perrysburg, New York (Cattaraugus County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 29, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date July 29, 1970; five of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 52 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 66
- WALTER BILLY GOLOMBESKISergeant · July 29, 1970
- DANNY LEE HILTERBRANSpecialist Four · July 29, 1970
- RONALD TRENT JONESPrivate First Class · July 29, 1970
- JOHN JOSEPH LAVELLESpecialist Four · July 29, 1970
Same unit, same day
- KARL THOMAS ANTEAUWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 8W, Line 64
- STEPHEN WAYNE BANCROFTCorporal · Panel 8W, Line 65
- JACK HOWARD DILLONSpecialist Five · Panel 8W, Line 65
- WALTER BILLY GOLOMBESKISergeant · Panel 8W, Line 66
From Perrysburg
- RONALD RICHARD DEWYEASpecialist Four · June 29, 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.