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ALVIN CRAWFORD HINSON
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 3, 1936 – May 12, 1969
Service recordAlvin Crawford Hinson, of Westville, New Jersey, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 12, 1969, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 25W, Line 71 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25W · Line 71
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- March 3, 1936
- Home of record
- Westville, New Jersey (Gloucester County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 12, 1969
- Age
- 33
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
170 names on the Wall carry the date May 12, 1969; four of them were lost in Long An Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 82 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25W, Line 71
- LAWRENCE DANIEL HARVEYPrivate First Class · May 12, 1969
- RICHARD WAYNE HAYNESPrivate First Class · May 12, 1969
- TERRY RICHARD HEISERSpecialist Five · May 12, 1969
- GERALD EDWARD HENRYLance Corporal · May 12, 1969
Same unit, same day
- BARRY RALPH BAUSCHSergeant · Panel 25W, Line 60
- ALLAN CAMERON BENSONSpecialist Four · Panel 25W, Line 61
- THOMAS EUGENE LATHAMSergeant · Panel 25W, Line 74
- FELICE NICHOLS RATTASpecialist Four · Panel 25W, Line 82
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.