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THOMAS WAYNE HILL
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
November 13, 1945 – February 23, 1968
Service recordThomas Wayne Hill, of Baltimore, Maryland, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on February 23, 1968, in Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 40E, Line 74 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40E · Line 74
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Engineman (EN)
- Unit (as recorded)
- USS TUTUILA ARG 4
- Born
- November 13, 1945
- Home of record
- Baltimore, Maryland (Baltimore (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 23, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Phuoc Tuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
56 names on the Wall carry the date February 23, 1968; three of them were lost in Phuoc Tuy Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “USS TUTUILA ARG 4”, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 40E, Line 74
- ROBERT EARL GREENSpecialist Four · February 23, 1968
- DONALD GENE HICKSPrivate First Class · February 23, 1968
- WILLIAM REID HIGHTWarrant Officer 1 · February 23, 1968
- LOUIS ALVARADO MARTINEZPrivate First Class · February 23, 1968
Same unit, same day
- HORRIS GENE ROBINSONChief Petty Officer · Panel 41E, Line 2
- JOHN LLOYD SAUNDERSLieutenant · Panel 41E, Line 3
- ALLAN FRANCIS SULLIVANChief Petty Officer · Panel 41E, Line 4
From Baltimore
- EVERETTE LEROY DONALDSONPrivate First Class · June 29, 1964
- WILLIAM EDWARD FOWLERLance Corporal · July 9, 1965
- FRANK ROBERT SAXONLance Corporal · September 14, 1965
- JAMES MCKINLEY LONGPrivate First Class · October 5, 1965
- THOMAS JAMES SCHINDLERSergeant · October 5, 1965
- SAMUEL L HOLMANSergeant · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD DEANE OTTStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ODELL VAUGHANStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ANTHONY WATSONSecond Lieutenant · December 4, 1965
- PHILIP JAMES MCCARTHYSergeant · December 5, 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.