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ROBERT OREN HILL JR
Chief Warrant Officer 2 · U.S. Army
February 10, 1948 – September 27, 1970
Service recordRobert Oren Hill JR, of Churchville, Pennsylvania, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 2 in the U.S. Army. He died on September 27, 1970, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 95 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 95
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
- Chief Warrant Officer 2 (CW2)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- February 10, 1948
- Home of record
- Churchville, Pennsylvania (Bucks County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 27, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date September 27, 1970; six of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In September 1970, 364 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 43 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 95
- DOUGLAS MEAD WOODLANDSpecialist Five · September 26, 1970
- MICHAEL LEE BRADLEYWarrant Officer 1 · September 27, 1970
- STANLEY ARTHUR GOFFPrivate First Class · September 27, 1970
- WILLIAM JAMES LANGMANCaptain · September 27, 1970
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL LEE BRADLEYWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 7W, Line 95
- STANLEY ARTHUR GOFFPrivate First Class · Panel 7W, Line 95
- DAVID WEBSTER MACLURGSpecialist Four · Panel 7W, Line 96
- KENNETH CLIFFORD NOKESSpecialist Five · Panel 7W, Line 96
- JEFFREY MERLE WHITESpecialist Four · Panel 7W, Line 97
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.