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ROBERT ALLEN HILL
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 10, 1945 – June 8, 1966
Service recordRobert Allen Hill, of Lebanon, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 8, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 22
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- February 10, 1945
- Home of record
- Lebanon, Ohio (Warren County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 8, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date June 8, 1966. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 82 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 22
- KENNETH NEIL MACBETHCorporal · June 8, 1966
- LESTER EARL MACDONALDSergeant · June 8, 1966
- ELADIO R MARROQUIN JRSpecialist Four · June 8, 1966
- DELANEY ERNEST MILLER JRPlatoon Sergeant · June 8, 1966
Same unit, same day
- EDWARD EUGENE CHRISTIEPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 19
- REUBEN L CLARK JRPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 19
- ROCKFORD WAYNE GODDARDSpecialist Four · Panel 8E, Line 21
- LESTER EARL MACDONALDSergeant · Panel 8E, Line 22
- ELADIO R MARROQUIN JRSpecialist Four · Panel 8E, Line 22
- MICHAEL EUGENE OGUINNPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 23
- CHRIS C VURLUMISCaptain · Panel 8E, Line 25
- THOMAS LEEONAS YOHNPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 25
From Lebanon
- DAVID LYNN MCCONNAUGHEYPrivate First Class · March 30, 1966
- RONALD PERRY COATESLance Corporal · July 24, 1966
- KYLE SMIDDYSergeant · June 26, 1967
- JERRY DAY LEAKPrivate First Class · February 28, 1968
- RICHARD ALLEN MULLINSPrivate First Class · July 23, 1968
- RICHARD KENNETH CHILTONPrivate First Class · November 25, 1968
- JOHN EDWARD CONGER JRSergeant First Class · January 27, 1969
- CHARLES EDWARD CARPENTERSergeant First Class · February 24, 1969
- PHILLIP RAY BAILYPrivate First Class · March 11, 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.