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TOMMY EDWARD HILL
Petty Officer Second Class · U.S. Navy
July 11, 1933 – February 14, 1966
Service recordTommy Edward Hill, of Knoxville, Tennessee, served as a Petty Officer Second Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on February 14, 1966, offshore, South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 34
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 Second Class (PO2)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Boatswain's Mate (BM)
- Born
- July 11, 1933
- Home of record
- Knoxville, Tennessee (Knox County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 14, 1966
- Age
- 32
- Province
- Offshore
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date February 14, 1966. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 34
- DENNIS DONALD BACKENPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- JOHN RUSSELL HILLSMajor · February 14, 1966
- WILLIAM ARTHUR HOOS JRCaptain · February 14, 1966
- JOSEPH DANIEL JARRELLPrivate First Class · February 14, 1966
- CARLOS DENNIS JELKSPrivate First Class · February 14, 1966
From Knoxville
- GARY D SMITHPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- WAYNE THOMAS LONGPrivate · December 27, 1965
- RAYMOND LEE HILLSergeant · January 30, 1966
- HUGH ALLEN LOVEPrivate First Class · February 17, 1966
- JAMES ROBERT MCLEMOREPrivate First Class · February 28, 1966
- DONALD RICHARD LUMLEYSecond Lieutenant · March 4, 1966
- JESSE J COFFEYSergeant · April 1, 1966
- CHARLES WILLIAM WOOLIVERLance Corporal · May 4, 1966
- JOHN HENRY MORGANPrivate First Class · May 26, 1966
- DONALD ANCKER SHERRODSpecialist Four · August 8, 1966
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.