*** Seaman Apprentice Hill was a crew member of the Cruiser USS SAINT PAUL (CA-73). On May 15, 1967, he fell overboard and drowned. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.
You may be gone, no longer living on this earth; but you will live on - in the memories of your family and friends. There will always be a part of you living in those who knew you. You will live on because we remember you!
CHARLES DALE HILL - Navy - SA - E2
Age: 19
Race: Caucasian
Date of Birth Nov 24, 1947
From: ROLLA, MO
Religion: PROTESTANT
Marital Status: Single - Parents: Father, Jack R. Hill and Mother, .
***** Hill, Charles D. (SN)-s/o Jack R. Hill [Phelps Co MO][KIA-Viet Nam][RM Jun 5 1969-Memorial]
* Possible Relatives: David C Hill, Helen M Hill, Jack R Hill, Janet L Smith, Steven Michael Hill
***** Closing ceremonies touch emotions deeply
Posted Jun. 7, 2015
Closing the Rolla visit of the Vietnam Veterans Traveling Memorial was done the same way it opened—with prayer, Reading of names and great solemnity.
the names of the casualties from Phelps County: Alan Neil Prentice, Peter Claus Behrens, Donald Frey, Jerell Lee Grayson, *** Charles Dale Hill, John Louis Hunter, Lawrence Wicks Jordan, Leo Franklin Rupert, Curtis Frank Thurman and Michael Richard Wilson.
SA - E2 - Navy - Regular
Length of service 0 years
Casualty was on May 15, 1967
In OFFSHORE, SOUTH VIETNAM
Non-Hostile, died missing, SEA CASUALTY
DROWNED, SUFFOCATED
MILITARY DATA:
Service: United States Navy
Grade at loss: E2
Rank/Rate: Seaman Apprentice
ID No: B515834
MOS/RATING: SA: Seaman Apprentice
Length Service: 00
Unit: USS SAINT PAUL (CA-73), TF 77, 7TH FLEET
CASUALTY DATA:
Start Tour: Not Recorded
Incident Date: 05/15/1967
Casualty Date: 05/15/1967
Age at Loss: 19
Location: Offshore, South Vietnam
Remains: Body not recovered
Casualty Type: Non-hostile, died while missing
Casualty Reason: Casualty at sea
Casualty Detail: Drowned or suffocated
Body was not recovered
Panel 19E - Line 127
Other Personnel in Incident:
REMARKS: POSS OVERBOARD USS SAINT PAUL
CACCF/SEA CASUALTY/DROWNED/SUFFOCATED
No further information available at this time.
On May 15, 1967, he fell overboard and drowned.
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*** Seaman Apprentice Hill was a crew member of the Cruiser USS SAINT PAUL (CA-73). On May 15, 1967, he fell overboard and drowned. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.
You may be gone, no longer living on this earth; but you will live on - in the memories of your family and friends. There will always be a part of you living in those who knew you. You will live on because we remember you!
CHARLES DALE HILL - Navy - SA - E2
Age: 19
Race: Caucasian
Date of Birth Nov 24, 1947
From: ROLLA, MO
Religion: PROTESTANT
Marital Status: Single - Parents: Father, Jack R. Hill and Mother, .
***** Hill, Charles D. (SN)-s/o Jack R. Hill [Phelps Co MO][KIA-Viet Nam][RM Jun 5 1969-Memorial]
* Possible Relatives: David C Hill, Helen M Hill, Jack R Hill, Janet L Smith, Steven Michael Hill
***** Closing ceremonies touch emotions deeply
Posted Jun. 7, 2015
Closing the Rolla visit of the Vietnam Veterans Traveling Memorial was done the same way it opened—with prayer, Reading of names and great solemnity.
the names of the casualties from Phelps County: Alan Neil Prentice, Peter Claus Behrens, Donald Frey, Jerell Lee Grayson, *** Charles Dale Hill, John Louis Hunter, Lawrence Wicks Jordan, Leo Franklin Rupert, Curtis Frank Thurman and Michael Richard Wilson.
SA - E2 - Navy - Regular
Length of service 0 years
Casualty was on May 15, 1967
In OFFSHORE, SOUTH VIETNAM
Non-Hostile, died missing, SEA CASUALTY
DROWNED, SUFFOCATED
MILITARY DATA:
Service: United States Navy
Grade at loss: E2
Rank/Rate: Seaman Apprentice
ID No: B515834
MOS/RATING: SA: Seaman Apprentice
Length Service: 00
Unit: USS SAINT PAUL (CA-73), TF 77, 7TH FLEET
CASUALTY DATA:
Start Tour: Not Recorded
Incident Date: 05/15/1967
Casualty Date: 05/15/1967
Age at Loss: 19
Location: Offshore, South Vietnam
Remains: Body not recovered
Casualty Type: Non-hostile, died while missing
Casualty Reason: Casualty at sea
Casualty Detail: Drowned or suffocated
Body was not recovered
Panel 19E - Line 127
Other Personnel in Incident:
REMARKS: POSS OVERBOARD USS SAINT PAUL
CACCF/SEA CASUALTY/DROWNED/SUFFOCATED
No further information available at this time.
On May 15, 1967, he fell overboard and drowned.
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.
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