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RONALD JOSEPH HILLMAN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 8, 1948 – February 19, 1969
Service recordRonald Joseph Hillman, of New York, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 19, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 32W, Line 59 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32W · Line 59
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- July 8, 1948
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 19, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date February 19, 1969; six of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 100 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32W, Line 59
- CHARLES MILTON DOWNSFirst Lieutenant · February 19, 1969
- CHARLES FOULKS JRPrivate First Class · February 19, 1969
- RICKIE NORMAN GUNDERSONPrivate First Class · February 19, 1969
- CHARLES ROBERT JAMESPrivate First Class · February 19, 1969
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS MICHAEL BLACKWELLPrivate First Class · Panel 32W, Line 57
- JAMES WENDALL DALTONCorporal · Panel 32W, Line 58
- GARY ROY GENTHCorporal · Panel 32W, Line 58
- CHARLES MILTON DOWNSFirst Lieutenant · Panel 32W, Line 59
- CHARLES FOULKS JRPrivate First Class · Panel 32W, Line 59
- RICHARD LEE WAYCASTERSergeant · Panel 32W, Line 61
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.