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WILLIAM B HILL JR
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
April 15, 1925 – September 5, 1966
Service recordWilliam B Hill JR, of Birmingham, Alabama, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 5, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 41. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 70 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 70
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- April 15, 1925
- Home of record
- Birmingham, Alabama (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 5, 1966
- Age
- 41
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date September 5, 1966. In September 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 51 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 70
- BRUCE ROLLA BENNETTPrivate First Class · September 5, 1966
- WILLIE EARL BUNTEPrivate First Class · September 5, 1966
- MELVIN THOMAS HUFFINECaptain · September 5, 1966
- WILFRED C JOHNSON JRPrivate First Class · September 5, 1966
From Birmingham
- SHERMAN ELLIOT WILLIAMSSpecialist Five · July 9, 1965
- CARL WILLIAM MANNPrivate First Class · September 21, 1965
- ROBERT WARREN ALLENPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- GENE WILLIAM WILLIAMSSpecialist Five · October 12, 1965
- JAMES J HOWARDSpecialist Five · November 1, 1965
- CLEO LOCKETTCorporal · November 8, 1965
- HAROLD JAMES BATTLEPrivate First Class · November 12, 1965
- HAROLD EUGENE WATKINSLance Corporal · November 12, 1965
- CHARLES WILLIAM STOREYStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD EARL HARPERSpecialist Four · January 12, 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.