Jack W. Hill

Jack Warner Hill
Jack W. Hill, USMC, Service#1,000,000
Born1928
United States
Died1987 (aged 58–59)
United States
Allegiance United States
Service/branch United States Marine Corps
Years of service1944
1946–1950
Rank Corporal
Battles/warsWorld War II
Korean War
Awards National Defense Service Medal
World War II Victory Medal

Jack Warner Hill (1928–1987) was a member of the United States Marine Corps who bears the distinction of holding Marine Corps enlisted service number one million (1,000,000).[1] Hill served a total of two enlistments in the Marine Corps, one during World War II, resulting in a discharge due to lying about his age upon enlistment (similar to Calvin Graham), and the other briefly before the outbreak of the Korean War. After his military service, Hill lived until 1987, when he was killed in an automobile accident.[2]

  1. ^ National Personnel Records Center, Military Operations Branch, "Service number index and registry of retired, deceased, and discharged military personnel" (2007)
  2. ^ United States Department of Veterans Affairs, Freedom of Information Act Inquiry (May 2010)