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RONALD JAMES HILL
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
June 15, 1946 – November 14, 1970
Service recordRonald James Hill, of Beaverton, Oregon, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on November 14, 1970, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 61 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 61
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 Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Traffic Management Coordinator (71N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- June 15, 1946
- Home of record
- Beaverton, Oregon (Washington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 14, 1970
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date November 14, 1970; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In November 1970, 347 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 61
- RAE KELLAND RIPPETOELance Corporal · November 14, 1970
- STANLEY HERBERT TRYGG JRPrivate First Class · November 14, 1970
- BENIGNO ZAMUDIO JRSpecialist Four · November 14, 1970
- CLARENCE R PRITCHARD JRSpecialist Four · November 15, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JOHN WILLIAM CONRADSpecialist Four · Panel 6W, Line 59
- FRANK RICHARD HITESHUESpecialist Four · Panel 6W, Line 59
- PERRY ADKINS MITCHELLSpecialist Four · Panel 6W, Line 60
- BENIGNO ZAMUDIO JRSpecialist Four · Panel 6W, Line 61
From Beaverton
- GERD FRANZ SEELIGSpecialist Four · February 26, 1967
- RICHARD ALLEN JANIGIANCorporal · September 21, 1967
- GARY ROBERT KORSMYERSpecialist Four · September 3, 1968
- RODNEY SHAYNE PEARSONSpecialist Four · November 8, 1968
- TERRY LEE THOMPSONSpecialist Four · January 6, 1969
- JAMES ELMER MCWHORTERLance Corporal · August 22, 1969
- GARY GRANT LAMBWarrant Officer 1 · September 22, 1969
- THOMAS SHERRYSergeant · May 12, 1970
- SCOTT WILLIAM WAYTSpecialist Four · June 1, 1971
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.