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WILLIAM LEO HILL
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 20, 1948 – May 1, 1968
Service recordWilliam Leo Hill, of Garretson, South Dakota, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 1, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 53E, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 53E · Line 33
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- February 20, 1948
- Home of record
- Garretson, South Dakota (Minnehaha County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 1, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
85 names on the Wall carry the date May 1, 1968; he was the only one lost in Gia Dinh Province that day. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 236 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 53E, Line 33
- THOMAS EDWARD BUMPPrivate First Class · May 1, 1968
- REYES C HERNANDEZ JRPrivate First Class · May 1, 1968
- GARY PAUL HILLPrivate First Class · May 1, 1968
- ROBERT SULLIVAN HOSKINSPrivate First Class · May 1, 1968
Same unit, same day
- LARRY DEAN KELLEYPrivate First Class · Panel 53E, Line 35
- DENNIS D LAWVERSergeant · Panel 53E, Line 35
- DAVID ALLEN STREMLERSpecialist Four · Panel 53E, Line 41
- THOMAS F STROTHERS JRSergeant · Panel 53E, Line 41
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.