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SID HILL
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 8, 1934 – July 23, 1968
Service recordSid Hill, of Washington, District of Columbia, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 23, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 51W, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51W · Line 40
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- December 8, 1934
- Home of record
- Washington, District of Columbia (District Of Columbia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 23, 1968
- Age
- 33
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
47 names on the Wall carry the date July 23, 1968; four of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 51W, Line 40
- THOMAS WADE DUERChief Warrant Officer 2 · July 23, 1968
- CHARLES THOMAS HESSESergeant · July 23, 1968
- CHARLES GEORGE HEYDORNSpecialist Four · July 23, 1968
- HARKLES LEROY HODGESPrivate First Class · July 23, 1968
Same unit, same day
- EDGAR EUGENE PARKERStaff Sergeant · Panel 51W, Line 43
From Washington
- HOMER CLEO MCINTYRE JRCaptain · July 28, 1964
- JAMES MARTIN CALEStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- GEZA TEGLASSergeant · October 27, 1965
- LOUIS SHERRODSergeant · November 6, 1965
- LEROY HILLPlatoon Sergeant · November 8, 1965
- CALVIN BOUKNIGHTSpecialist Five · November 16, 1965
- PAUL EDWARD HURDLEStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- THEODORE M BEAMONSpecialist Four · November 23, 1965
- HARRY RONALD HOSKINSONSpecialist Four · December 13, 1965
- WILLIE MITCHELL JRAirman First Class · December 20, 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.