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WILLIAM OMER HILL
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
March 17, 1939 – December 11, 1966
Service recordWilliam Omer Hill, of Charleston, West Virginia, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on December 11, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 33
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Dental Specialist (91E)
- Born
- March 17, 1939
- Home of record
- Charleston, West Virginia (Kanawha County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 11, 1966
- Age
- 27
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date December 11, 1966. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 33
- LUDIN BERMUDEZ-QUINONESPrivate First Class · December 11, 1966
- JOHN WILLIAM EARNESTYStaff Sergeant · December 11, 1966
- DENNIS HARPER JRStaff Sergeant · December 11, 1966
- ROBERT EDWARD JONESPrivate First Class · December 11, 1966
From Charleston
- CHARLES EDWIN HUDDLE JRCaptain · March 21, 1965
- JOHN ROBERT BALLFirst Lieutenant · June 19, 1965
- TIMOTHY MORGAN BLAKESecond Lieutenant · November 15, 1965
- CURTIS ESTILL BINIONFirst Lieutenant · July 5, 1966
- JOHN LEE STRICKLANDPrivate First Class · January 11, 1967
- CHARLES EDWARD BOGGSPrivate First Class · March 6, 1967
- EDWARD WALLACE BROWN JRSergeant First Class · May 1, 1967
- JAMES ROBERT SIMMONSStaff Sergeant · October 14, 1967
- CHARLES EDWARD ROBERTSONPetty Officer Third Class · November 19, 1967
- ALBERT MORGAN CARWITHENSergeant · January 5, 1968
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.