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BENJAMIN LOWELL HINNANT
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
October 30, 1932 – May 6, 1968
Service recordBenjamin Lowell Hinnant, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 6, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 35. His name is inscribed on Panel 56E, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 56E · Line 8
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
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- October 30, 1932
- Home of record
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 6, 1968
- Age
- 35
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
102 names on the Wall carry the date May 6, 1968; 12 of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 103 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 56E, Line 8
- PATRICK B HESSIONPrivate First Class · May 6, 1968
- STEPHEN HINKLEYLance Corporal · May 6, 1968
- CLETUH HOLLOMAN JRSpecialist Four · May 6, 1968
- JOHN ANDRES JOHNSONSpecialist Four · May 6, 1968
Same unit, same day
- EDWARD DONALD ABBOTTPrivate First Class · Panel 55E, Line 37
- DAVID AZORESergeant · Panel 55E, Line 38
- ANGEL LUIS BURGOS-CRUZADOPrivate First Class · Panel 56E, Line 2
- ROBERT LEE CLAMPFFERCorporal · Panel 56E, Line 2
- HAYWOOD JOHNSON JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 56E, Line 9
- TERRENCE EUGENE KOHLBECKSergeant · Panel 56E, Line 11
- EARNEST LEE MILLERPrivate First Class · Panel 56E, Line 12
- TERRY LEE MOOREPrivate First Class · Panel 56E, Line 12
- STANLEY JOSEPH VOSSENSergeant · Panel 56E, Line 17
From Philadelphia
- MEIR ENGELLieutenant Colonel · December 16, 1964
- MATTHEW N HARRIS JRMaster Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- ALLEN CONRAD HERTZFirst Lieutenant · June 6, 1965
- MILO BENETT STIBBINSSpecialist Five · June 11, 1965
- JOSEPH PATRICK GRUGANCorporal · June 26, 1965
- ROWLAND JOSEPH ADAMOLICorporal · August 18, 1965
- FRANK AMOS HENISSPrivate First Class · September 7, 1965
- EARL CHARLES WILLOUGHBYChief Master Sergeant · September 7, 1965
- WILLIAM A MITCHELL IIPetty Officer Third Class · September 12, 1965
- WILLIAM GREGORY MAURONEPrivate First Class · September 30, 1965
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.