HILL THOMAS ARTHUR

Name: WO1 Thomas Arthur Hill
Status: Killed In Action from an incident on 06/09/1969 while performing the duty of Pilot.
Age at death: 21.7
Date of Birth: 10/15/1947
Home City: New Hartford, CT
Service: AV branch of the reserve component of the U.S. Army.
Unit: B/1/9 CAV 1 CAV
Major organization: 1st Cavalry Division
Flight class: 68-521/68-39
Service: AV branch of the U.S. Army.
The Wall location: 22W-001
Short Summary: Killed by 107 round while standing in chow line at Quan Loi. Only person injured. Ground Casualty.
Service number: W3163634
Country: South Vietnam
MOS: 100B = Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot
Primary cause: Ground Casualty
Compliment cause: rockets or missiles or torpedoes
Started Tour: 02/19/1969
"Official" listing: ground casualty
Location: Binh Duong Province III Corps.
Reason: artillery or rocket
Casualty type: Hostile - killed
single male U.S. citizen
Race: Caucasian
Religion: Roman Catholic
Burial information: AMERICAN MEM PARK, FRAND PRAIRIE, TX
The following information secondary, but may help in explaining this incident.
Category of casualty as defined by the Army: battle dead Category of personnel: active duty Army Military class: warrant officer
This record was last updated on 08/20/1995

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Date posted on this site: 11/13/2023