Richard Edward Hill

Korean War
Service #55286908
UnitMED CO 17 INF 7 DIV
RankCorporal U.S. Army
Date of DeathJuly 9 1953
StatusMissing In Action
Memorialized
Courts of the Missing
Court
6
Korean Service Medal
National Defense Service Medal
Purple Heart
Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation
Republic of Korea War Service Medal
United Nations Service Medal
Corporal Hill was awarded the Purple Heart, the Combat Medical Badge, the Korean Service Medal, the United Nations Service Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, the Korean Presidential Unit Citation and the Republic of Korea War Service Medal.
Notes
Corporal Hill was a medic with the Medical Company, 17th Infantry Regiment, 7th Infantry Division. He was listed as Missing in Action while tending his wounded comrades in North Korea on July 9, 1953. He was presumed dead on July 10, 1954. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.