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DENNIS RAY HINTON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 13, 1950 – October 10, 1971
Service recordDennis Ray Hinton, of New Castle, Indiana, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 10, 1971, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 36
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Light Vehicle Driver (64A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- December 13, 1950
- Home of record
- New Castle, Indiana (Henry County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 10, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date October 10, 1971; two of them were lost in Khanh Hoa Province. In October 1971, 132 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 36
- RUDOLPH GLENN VALENTASpecialist Four · October 8, 1971
- DANIEL ROBERT HOFFMANSpecialist Four · October 9, 1971
- JOSEPH MICHAEL FEENEYSpecialist Five · October 10, 1971
- DAVID JOHN FUNESSergeant · October 10, 1971
Same unit, same day
- ELDON LYLE SHAPLEYSpecialist Five · Panel 2W, Line 37
From New Castle
- JIMMIE LEE MINCKSSergeant · October 11, 1965
- GEORGE MICHAEL SLOANPrivate First Class · March 2, 1967
- CHARLES EVERETT CRANDALLPetty Officer Third Class · January 31, 1968
- BRADFORD LEE TROUTSpecialist Four · February 6, 1968
- LARRY WAYNE DARLINGSpecialist Four · February 19, 1968
- RONALD DAVISPrivate First Class · April 10, 1968
- FREDRICK JOE SMITHCorporal · July 6, 1968
- DAVID CLAUD JASPERSpecialist Four · November 19, 1968
- TOMMY RAY EATONSpecialist Four · December 17, 1968
- THOMAS EUGENE HOLLOWAYPetty Officer Third Class · April 12, 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.