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BERT HOWARD HINSON
Master Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 15, 1929 – January 15, 1968
Service recordBert Howard Hinson, of Wenatchee, Washington, served as a Master Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 15, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 38. His name is inscribed on Panel 34E, Line 53 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34E · Line 53
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
- Master Sergeant (MSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- August 15, 1929
- Home of record
- Wenatchee, Washington (Chelan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 15, 1968
- Age
- 38
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date January 15, 1968; seven of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 78 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34E, Line 53
- GARY HOWARD GRUBBSpecialist Four · January 15, 1968
- LARRY EUGENE HERBERTPrivate First Class · January 15, 1968
- LARRY EDWIN HILLCorporal · January 15, 1968
- KENNETH RALPH HOWELLPrivate First Class · January 15, 1968
Same unit, same day
- BOBBY KENNETH ALLENSpecialist Five · Panel 34E, Line 51
- JOSEPH WALTER DUDEKPrivate First Class · Panel 34E, Line 52
- HENRY WILLIAM GORMANSergeant · Panel 34E, Line 52
- GARY HOWARD GRUBBSpecialist Four · Panel 34E, Line 53
- MICHAEL JOHN RYANSpecialist Five · Panel 34E, Line 55
From Wenatchee
- LAWRENCE ANDRE FRANKLINSergeant · October 10, 1965
- DALE LOUIS COURCHANECorporal · April 2, 1966
- MANUEL VEGA TORRESSpecialist Four · June 13, 1967
- JOHN JOSEPH HANLEYPetty Officer Third Class · May 25, 1968
- STEPHEN MARK GARDNERLance Corporal · June 28, 1968
- WILLIAM CARLYLE INGRAMLance Corporal · January 22, 1969
- BEVERLY LEE BARNHARTStaff Sergeant · April 11, 1969
- GARY LEE GILLARDStaff Sergeant · May 15, 1969
- ADAM HOLMAN JRPrivate First Class · June 15, 1969
- JOHN FRANCIS MURPHYSergeant First Class · July 29, 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.