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EDWARD JOSEPH HINCEWICZ
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
March 28, 1931 – January 13, 1966
Service recordEdward Joseph Hincewicz, of Scranton, Pennsylvania, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on January 13, 1966, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 34. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 69 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 69
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- March 28, 1931
- Home of record
- Scranton, Pennsylvania (Lackawanna County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 13, 1966
- Age
- 34
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date January 13, 1966; seven of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In January 1966, 401 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 69
- DANNY MAX ERWINSpecialist Four · January 13, 1966
- THOMAS ANTHONY FODAROTechnical Sergeant · January 13, 1966
- THOMAS FRANCIS HEFFERNANStaff Sergeant · January 13, 1966
- WAYNE IRA JONESPrivate First Class · January 13, 1966
From Scranton
- JOHN FREDERICK ASHMANLance Corporal · December 23, 1965
- RICHARD HERMAN SCHMIDTMajor · May 17, 1966
- WILLIAM ROBERT BUCKLEYStaff Sergeant · June 30, 1966
- WILLIAM PAUL FAHEYPrivate First Class · February 28, 1967
- JAMES THOMAS REDDINGTONLance Corporal · March 23, 1967
- JAMES JOHN MURPHYPrivate First Class · November 5, 1967
- DAVID THOMAS ROZELLELance Corporal · January 21, 1968
- LEO JOHN MATYLEWICZSpecialist Four · March 26, 1968
- JAMES PATRICK CAWLEYCaptain · April 25, 1968
- CARL SANFORD KIZERCaptain · June 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.