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THOMAS HILL
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 12, 1947 – May 27, 1968
Service recordThomas Hill, of Grand Prairie, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 27, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 65W, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 65W · Line 10
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- December 12, 1947
- Home of record
- Grand Prairie, Texas (Dallas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 27, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
78 names on the Wall carry the date May 27, 1968; 25 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 160 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 65W, Line 10
- CARLTON HARVEY HOODLance Corporal · May 27, 1968
- ROBERT DOUGLAS JENKINSPrivate · May 27, 1968
- GARLAND JONESLance Corporal · May 27, 1968
- PATRICK ARTHUR LAYTONPrivate First Class · May 27, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JESSE JAMES ARMWOODSpecialist Four · Panel 65W, Line 3
- JOHN WILLIAM GRASERSpecialist Four · Panel 65W, Line 8
- BERNARD J OSTERBERG JRPrivate First Class · Panel 65W, Line 13
- FRANKLIN DANNY PETE JRSpecialist Four · Panel 65W, Line 13
- CARL HOWARD SEXTON JRPrivate First Class · Panel 64W, Line 1
- JERRY WAYNE VANDEVENDERPrivate First Class · Panel 64W, Line 3
- CHARLES GRAFFIOUS WARSINGSergeant · Panel 64W, Line 3
From Grand Prairie
- JERRY DWAIN LEEPrivate First Class · March 22, 1966
- ROBERT DAVID EVANSPrivate First Class · September 6, 1967
- JOHN MICHAEL THOMPSONSpecialist Four · March 2, 1968
- GARY LYNN JOHNSONPrivate First Class · February 28, 1969
- DANNY CLARENCE BERRIERSergeant · February 27, 1970
- HARRY TRUMAN WILSONSergeant · June 4, 1970
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.