Army Sgt. Shawn F. Hill
Death: Jan 02, 2008
of Wellford S.C.; assigned to the 178th Engineer Battalion 218th Infantry Brigade South Carolina Army National Guard Rock Hill S.C.; Died Jan. 2 in Khowst province Afghanistan of wounds sustained when his vehicle encountered an improvised explosive device. Guardsman from Wellford dies in Afghanistan The Associated Press SPARTANBURG S.C. — A National Guard soldier from Wellford Died Wednesday in Afghanistan after his vehicle struck a bomb according to the Defense Department. Sgt. Shawn F. Hill37 joined the National Guard 12 years ago and was serving his second tour overseas his wife Julie said. “He was a good father soldier and husband and he Died doing what he loved to do and there’s not a person who ever met him that didn’t love him” Julie Hill said. The Hills had been married for 16 years and had three sons. He joined the National Guard to provide for them as he stu Died electrical engineering and continued to serve after becoming an electrician his wife said. Shawn Hill was assigned to the 178th Engineer Battalion 218th Infantry Brigade based in Rock Hill. He was home for Thanksgiving before returning to Afghanistan. Hill is the third South Carolina National Guard member to die in Afghanistan in the past three months. Staff Sgt. James David Bullard28 and Sgt. Edward Philpot38 Died within weeks of each other in October. Bullard had returned a month earlier the birth of his first child. Philpot was a married father of three. Funeral arrangements for Hill have not been set.Operation Enduring freedom