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DANIEL HINSON LINDSEY
Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 18, 1947 – December 5, 1967
Service recordDaniel Hinson Lindsey, of Orlando, Florida, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 5, 1967, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 31E, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31E · Line 40
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 (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- F CO 51 INF
- Born
- September 18, 1947
- Home of record
- Orlando, Florida (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 5, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date December 5, 1967; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “F CO 51 INF”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31E, Line 40
- BYRANT HENRY YOUNG JRCorporal · December 4, 1967
- WILLIAM JOHN ZALEWSKIMaster Gunnery Sergeant · December 4, 1967
- DAMON EARL BILLINGSLEACorporal · December 5, 1967
- GARY LLOYD ENGLANDCaptain · December 5, 1967
From Orlando
- FREDERICK PETER CROSBYLieutenant Commander · June 1, 1965
- RYLAND WHITNEY DRAWDYPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- MALCOLM EDWARD MILLICANSergeant · November 17, 1965
- DORRIS ALBERT IVEYSergeant First Class · January 13, 1966
- JOHN DONALD HETTERLY SRSergeant · January 25, 1966
- ROBERT CURTIS WILLIAMSStaff Sergeant · March 15, 1966
- MARVIN FOY GOODMAN JRLance Corporal · March 20, 1966
- RONALD ALLEN SAPPSpecialist Four · March 23, 1966
- CARY CRADDOCKSergeant · May 4, 1966
- ROOSEVELT HESTLE JRColonel · July 6, 1966
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.