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WILLIAM LEE HILL
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 2, 1951 – March 14, 1971
Service recordWilliam Lee Hill, of Tillery, North Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 14, 1971, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 46 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 46
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
- Heavy Construction Equipment Operator (62E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- February 2, 1951
- Home of record
- Tillery, North Carolina (Halifax County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 14, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date March 14, 1971; he was the only one lost in Long Khanh Province that day. In March 1971, 429 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 60 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 4W, Line 46
- JAMES BYRD FOSTER JRSergeant · March 14, 1971
- RONALD JACKSONPrivate First Class · March 14, 1971
- JACK DONALD MOORE JRAirman · March 14, 1971
- RANDY MARVIN RIGSBYSpecialist Four · March 14, 1971
Same unit, same day
- JOE LYNN AVANTSpecialist Five · Panel 4W, Line 45
- BOBBY JENE FIELDSSpecialist Five · Panel 4W, Line 45
- JAMES BYRD FOSTER JRSergeant · Panel 4W, Line 46
- CLIFFORD ROY OSTERHOUDTSpecialist Four · Panel 4W, Line 47
- STEPHEN RAY PHELIXPrivate First Class · Panel 4W, Line 47
- HARRY GORDON PRINCE JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 4W, Line 47
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.