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EARNEST RICHARD HINSLEY
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
January 18, 1949 – October 31, 1967
Service recordEarnest Richard Hinsley, of Blossom, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 31, 1967, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 103 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 103
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- January 18, 1949
- Home of record
- Blossom, Texas (Lamar County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 31, 1967
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date October 31, 1967; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 28E, Line 103
- RALPH JOSEPH DIPACESpecialist Four · October 31, 1967
- JERRY DON EVERETTPrivate First Class · October 31, 1967
- HUGH MICHAEL FANNINGMajor · October 31, 1967
- GREGORY GEORGE HUBBARDCorporal · October 31, 1967
From Blossom
- ALAN COURTNEY DABBSSpecialist Four · August 19, 1968
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.