WILLIAM E HILL
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HONORED ON PANEL 2E, LINE 94 OF THE WALL

WILLIAM ERNEST HILL

WALL NAME

WILLIAM E HILL

PANEL / LINE

2E/94

DATE OF BIRTH

08/30/1932

CASUALTY PROVINCE

QUANG NAM

DATE OF CASUALTY

09/25/1965

HOME OF RECORD

LEESBURG

COUNTY OF RECORD

Lake County

STATE

FL

BRANCH OF SERVICE

MARINE CORPS

RANK

SSGT

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REMEMBRANCES

LEFT FOR WILLIAM ERNEST HILL
POSTED ON 5.3.2011
POSTED BY: Robert Sage

We Remember

William is buried at Lone Oak Cemetery, Leesburg, Lake County,FL. PH
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POSTED ON 8.1.2009
POSTED BY: Sanford ( Sandy ) McClelland

My Senior DI 9/1961

Sergeant Hill
How could I ever forget you. You were my senior DI PLT 168 Parris Island Sept- Nov 1961.We crossed paths at Quantico in 1964-65. You were training Officer Candidates and I was in base motors driving cattle cars hauling Marines around the base. When you jumped up into the cab of my tractor one day, I knew you in an instant. We talked about Parris Island and I am sure you did not remember me even thought you said you did. I was 17 years old back then in 1961 and my time with you changed the direction of my life in many positive ways. Thank you for the time you gave all of us and I have and will always remember you.
Peace and Blessings
Sanford McClelland L/CPl USMC 1961-1966
Orlando Florida
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POSTED ON 8.23.2006
POSTED BY: Bill Nelson

NEVER FORGOTTEN

FOREVER REMEMBERED

"If you are able, save for them a place inside of you....and save one backward glance when you are leaving for the places they can no longer go.....Be not ashamed to say you loved them....
Take what they have left and what they have taught you with their dying and keep it with your own....And in that time when men decide and feel safe to call the war insane, take one moment to embrace those gentle heroes you left behind...."

Quote from a letter home by Maj. Michael Davis O'Donnell
KIA 24 March 1970. Distinguished Flying Cross: Shot down and Killed while attempting to rescue 8 fellow soldiers surrounded by attacking enemy forces.

We Nam Brothers pause to give a backward glance, and post this remembrance to you , one of the gentle heroes and patriots lost to the War in Vietnam:

Slip off that pack. Set it down by the crooked trail. Drop your steel pot alongside. Shed those magazine-ladened bandoliers away from your sweat-soaked shirt. Lay that silent weapon down and step out of the heat. Feel the soothing cool breeze right down to your soul ... and rest forever in the shade of our love, brother.

From your Nam-Band-Of-Brothers
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POSTED ON 10.14.2005
POSTED BY: Bob Ross

Do not stand at my grave and weep

Do not stand at my grave and weep.
I am not there; I do not sleep.
I am a thousand winds that blow,
I am the diamond glints on snow,
I am the sun on ripened grain,
I am the gentle autumn rain.
When you awaken in the morning's hush
I am the swift uplifting rush
Of quiet birds in circled flight.
I am the soft stars that shine at night.
Do not stand at my grave and cry,
I am not there; I did not die.

Mary Frye – 1932

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POSTED ON 9.25.2003
POSTED BY: Chris Spencer

NATIVE AMERICAN PRAYER

It is said a man hasn't died as long as he is remembered. This prayer is a way for families, friends and fellow veterans to remember our fallen brothers and sisters. Do not stand at my grave and weep I am not there, I do not sleep. I am a thousand winds that blow, I am the diamond glints on snow. I am the sunlight on ripened grain, I am the gentle autumn rain. When you awaken in the morning hush, I am the swift, uplifting rush of quiet birds in circled flight, I am the stars that shine at night. Do not stand at my grave and cry, I am not there, I did not die.
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