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ARTHUR HINES
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 24, 1941 – February 10, 1968
Service recordArthur Hines, of Grantville, Georgia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 10, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 38E, Line 72 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38E · Line 72
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- May 24, 1941
- Home of record
- Grantville, Georgia (Coweta County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 10, 1968
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
54 names on the Wall carry the date February 10, 1968; three of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 140 of its members that month.
He died in Kon Tum Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 38E, Line 72
- VICTOR P SHERMAN JRPrivate First Class · February 10, 1968
- DONALD BERNARD SIEKIERKASergeant First Class · February 10, 1968
- EDWARD HAROLD STUARTPrivate First Class · February 10, 1968
- THEODORE JAMES STURTEVANTSpecialist Four · February 10, 1968
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL PATRICK ANDERSONSpecialist Four · Panel 38E, Line 69
- WALTER B MAKSYMIWSpecialist Four · Panel 38E, Line 69
From Grantville
- GRADY LEE ELDERSergeant · June 11, 1966
- BOBBY FREEMANSergeant · August 12, 1968
- LARRY GUNNELL PINSONLance Corporal · September 19, 1969
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.