Timeline
Birth- 13/07/1915
Gwangju, Korea
1939 - 1945World War II- Ages: 31 - 27 years
Organization Code
AF
Organization
Air Force
Branch
Air Force
Conflict Period
World War II
Served For
United States of America
Branch
Navy
Rank
Ensign
WW2 Service Fact
Ensign Hill earned his wings as a U.S. Naval Aviator in 1939 and joined the fleet as a TBD Devastator torpedo bomber pilot aboard the USS Saratoga before joining a Vought SB2U Vindicator dive bomber squadron aboard USS Ranger.
Branch
Army Air Forces
Unit
75th Fighter Squadron, 23rd Fighter Group
Unit
American Volunteer Group AKA Flying Tigers
Rank
Colonel
Enlistment- 19/07/1942-Age: 27 years
Discharge- 1/06/1946-Age: 31 years
1939 - 1945World War II- Ages: 27 - 26 years
Organization
Army
Conflict Period
World War II
Organization Code
ARMY
Branch
Army
Served For
United States of America
Decorations
Silver Star, Legion of Merit, Distnguished Flying Cross, British Flying Cross
Enlistment- 7/12/1941-Age: 26 years
Discharge- 18/07/1942-Age: 27 years
1950 - 1953Korean War
Served For
United States of America
Conflict Period
Korean War
Branch
Air National Guard
Rank
Brigadier General
Unit
136th Fighter Group of the Texas Air National Guard.
Death- 11/10/2007-Age: 92 years
Unknown
San Antonio, TX
Burial- 2007-Age: 92 years
Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, USA
Other Facts
Gender
Male
Social Security Number
***-**-9137
Full Name
David Hill
Full Name
David Lee Hill
Also Known As
Tex
Honored
National Aviation Hall of Fame
2006
