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STERLING HAROLD HILL
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 22, 1943 – May 26, 1968
Service recordSterling Harold Hill, of Rochester, Michigan, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 26, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 66W, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 66W · Line 7
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
- Combat Engineer (12B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- July 22, 1943
- Home of record
- Rochester, Michigan (Oakland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 26, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
73 names on the Wall carry the date May 26, 1968; four of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 99 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 66W, Line 7
- RICHARD FERRALEZCorporal · May 26, 1968
- RONALD EUGENE GRIERCorporal · May 26, 1968
- HARRISON LEROY HALEYCaptain · May 26, 1968
- CLYDE STEVEN HIMESSergeant · May 26, 1968
Same unit, same day
- NILON KAY BACONPrivate First Class · Panel 66W, Line 1
- CLYDE STEVEN HIMESSergeant · Panel 66W, Line 7
- ROSALIO VALENCIASergeant · Panel 65W, Line 2
From Rochester
- JAMES RICHARD MORLEYSergeant · August 15, 1966
- DONALD REED FIELDER IIPrivate First Class · April 22, 1967
- RICHARD ANDREWS SNYDERPrivate First Class · May 8, 1967
- WILLIAM GARDINER HALLFirst Lieutenant · March 24, 1968
- JOHN HAROLD ULBRICHPrivate First Class · June 8, 1968
- JOHN ALEXANDER NOWAKOWSKISpecialist Four · March 5, 1969
- JOHN BRENT THURNHAMSergeant · June 17, 1969
- DENNIS LEE GAUTHIERStaff Sergeant · October 31, 1969
- JOHN ALYN LARGENTSpecialist Four · May 10, 1970
- KENNETH JAMES SPENCERFirst Lieutenant · October 31, 1972
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.