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ROBERT HARDY HILL JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 21, 1946 – June 5, 1970
Service recordRobert Hardy Hill JR, of Grand Rapids, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 5, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 14
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- November 21, 1946
- Home of record
- Grand Rapids, Michigan (Kent County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 5, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date June 5, 1970; 15 of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 14
- HERBERT DAVID HORNERSpecialist Four · June 5, 1970
- VERNON FLETCHER HOVEY IIIFirst Lieutenant · June 5, 1970
- DONALD JAMES LUNDEQUAMWarrant Officer 1 · June 5, 1970
- STEPHEN ARTHUR MCCAULEYPrivate First Class · June 5, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DENNIS WILLIAM DOTSONFirst Lieutenant · Panel 9W, Line 13
- ROBERT MARTIN GOSELINSergeant · Panel 9W, Line 13
- HERBERT DAVID HORNERSpecialist Four · Panel 9W, Line 14
- STEVEN RUSSELL STEFANSKISergeant · Panel 9W, Line 17
From Grand Rapids
- MILLARD RUSSELL VALERIUSCaptain · May 28, 1965
- ROBERT JEROME MORONEYCaptain · December 14, 1965
- HERMAN LEROY HUEYSergeant · February 7, 1966
- DONALD BRUCE ADAMSONSecond Lieutenant · February 23, 1966
- JERRY EMMET PARKSPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- DAVID ORIN BAILEYPrivate First Class · April 8, 1966
- GARY SCOTT FERGUSONPrivate First Class · August 3, 1966
- DAVID LAWRENCE FAUGHTPrivate First Class · August 10, 1966
- EVERETTE ARTHUR THOMPSONPrivate First Class · August 10, 1966
- MATTHEW GEORGE MIEDEMAPrivate First Class · August 25, 1966
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.