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WILLIAM RAY HILL
Captain · U.S. Army
March 2, 1943 – April 16, 1967
Service recordWilliam Ray Hill, of Kenosha, Wisconsin, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on April 16, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 35
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- March 2, 1943
- Home of record
- Kenosha, Wisconsin (Kenosha County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 16, 1967
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date April 16, 1967; seven of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 98 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 35
- DAVID HELRIEGELSpecialist Five · April 16, 1967
- GEORGE ALAN INGALLSSpecialist Four · April 16, 1967
- DONALD LEE KANNELStaff Sergeant · April 16, 1967
- RUSSELL ALAN LEFFLERSpecialist Four · April 16, 1967
Same unit, same day
- MARVIN ZION BROCK JRCorporal · Panel 18E, Line 33
- JAMES WALTER GODFREYWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 18E, Line 34
- GEORGE ALAN INGALLSSpecialist Four · Panel 18E, Line 35
- KARL EDMOND SHENEPCaptain · Panel 18E, Line 36
- JOHNNY WILLIAM SMITHSpecialist Four · Panel 18E, Line 36
From Kenosha
- PEKKA TRUNKHAHNSpecialist Four · May 16, 1966
- JAMES LEE VANBENDEGOMStaff Sergeant · July 12, 1967
- RAY ARTHUR SCHOLDSpecialist Four · September 3, 1967
- RAYMOND EDWARD MILADINPrivate First Class · November 9, 1967
- RALEIGH L HEWITT IIWarrant Officer 1 · November 14, 1967
- JOEL ALOIS MATUSEKSecond Lieutenant · November 27, 1967
- JAMES E LYNNSergeant First Class · December 15, 1967
- MURRAY WAYNE VANLONE SRStaff Sergeant · January 20, 1968
- GERALD ROBERT ANDERSONSpecialist Four · February 4, 1968
- GEORGE D NOVAKOVICSpecialist Four · March 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.