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THOMAS ARTHUR HILL
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
October 15, 1947 – June 9, 1969
Service recordThomas Arthur Hill, of New Hartford, Connecticut, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on June 9, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 1
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- October 15, 1947
- Home of record
- New Hartford, Connecticut (Litchfield County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 9, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
73 names on the Wall carry the date June 9, 1969; nine of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 108 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 1
- JACK ALBERT HARKER JRWarrant Officer 1 · June 9, 1969
- DONALD OWEN HARTMANPrivate First Class · June 9, 1969
- JOHN HOWARD HUGHESSergeant · June 9, 1969
- JOHN DAVID INCELance Corporal · June 9, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD ALLEN BURINGRUDPrivate First Class · Panel 23W, Line 117
- GORDON MILTON GEORGE JRPrivate First Class · Panel 23W, Line 120
- JACK ALBERT HARKER JRWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 22W, Line 1
- JOHN MARSHALL MOORE JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 22W, Line 4
- JEROME DALE MORNEAUCorporal · Panel 22W, Line 4
- HECTOR M VALENTIN-PEREZCorporal · Panel 22W, Line 9
- MICHAEL RAYMOND WICKSpecialist Four · Panel 22W, Line 10
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.