James Enoch Hill (October 30, 1929 – August 8, 2018) was a

sport shooter Shooting sports is a group of competitive and recreational sporting activities involving proficiency tests of accuracy, precision and speed in shooting — the art of using ranged weapons, mainly small arms (firearms and airguns, in forms such as ...

from the United States. He won a silver medal in the

50 metre rifle prone 50 meter rifle prone (formerly known as one of four free rifle disciplines) is an International Shooting Sport Federation event consisting of 60 shots from the prone position with a .22 Long Rifle (5.6 mm) caliber rifle. The time limit is ...

event at the

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in Rome. Hill was a gunnery sergeant with the United States Marine Corps. In 1956 he won the National Service Rifle Championship, and in 1957 the Pershing Trophy at the NRA Championships in the free rifle team event. Hill died on August 8, 2018 in Carlinville, Illinois.James E. Hill Obituary
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