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DWIGHT EARL HINMAN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 14, 1944 – June 23, 1968
Service recordDwight Earl Hinman, of Belmond, Iowa, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 23, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 55W, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 55W · Line 21
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- December 14, 1944
- Home of record
- Belmond, Iowa (Wright County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 23, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date June 23, 1968; he was the only one lost in Hua Nghia Province that day. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 55W, Line 21
- DAVID ANDREW DENTONSpecialist Four · June 23, 1968
- HAROLD EDWARD GRAHAMLance Corporal · June 23, 1968
- LOUIS GEORGE HEILFirst Lieutenant · June 23, 1968
- DENNIS RAY KINNARDFirst Lieutenant · June 23, 1968
From Belmond
- PATRICK MAURICE DILLONStaff Sergeant · December 18, 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.