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RODNEY DEAN HILL
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 1, 1948 – October 7, 1967
Service recordRodney Dean Hill, of Tahoe City, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 7, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 65 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 65
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- November 1, 1948
- Home of record
- Tahoe City, California (Placer County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 7, 1967
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date October 7, 1967; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 81 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 65
- WILLIAM ALBERT JATEFFPrivate First Class · October 7, 1967
- JOHN JEFFREY JENSENLance Corporal · October 7, 1967
- FRANK RONALD KERBLCaptain · October 7, 1967
- JOHN EDWARD MADIGAN JRPrivate First Class · October 7, 1967
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES DAVID EDWARDSSpecialist Four · Panel 27E, Line 63
- ALDWIN ARDEAN ELLIS JRCorporal · Panel 27E, Line 64
- HUGH ROBERT FLEMISTERPrivate First Class · Panel 27E, Line 64
- MICHAEL GRIMESCorporal · Panel 27E, Line 64
- WILLIAM ALBERT JATEFFPrivate First Class · Panel 27E, Line 65
- ROBERT JERRY PADGETTCorporal · Panel 27E, Line 66
From Tahoe City
- DAVID GLENN KINGSergeant · February 20, 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.