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EUGENE HINGLETON JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 11, 1948 – October 8, 1968
Service recordEugene Hingleton JR, of Columbia, South Carolina, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 8, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 41W, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41W · Line 29
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- October 11, 1948
- Home of record
- Columbia, South Carolina (Richland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 8, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date October 8, 1968; five of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 41W, Line 29
- WILLIAM MARION BREES JRHospitalman · October 8, 1968
- WYMAN BYRD COLEMANSpecialist Four · October 8, 1968
- SHERMAN ALVIN FURROW JRSpecialist Four · October 8, 1968
- STEVE JOSEPH LEONE PERRYSpecialist Four · October 8, 1968
Same unit, same day
- SHERMAN ALVIN FURROW JRSpecialist Four · Panel 41W, Line 29
- LUCAS HERRERA RODRIGUEZPrivate First Class · Panel 41W, Line 31
- ROBERT LEE URBANPrivate First Class · Panel 41W, Line 33
From Columbia
- EARTHELL TYLERSergeant · November 17, 1965
- LUIS BELT R LOPEZPlatoon Sergeant · December 5, 1965
- EDDIE KENNETH WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · June 30, 1966
- THOMAS JASPER MAULDINStaff Sergeant · September 3, 1966
- CHARLES EDWARD MACMICHAELSergeant First Class · September 17, 1966
- RICHARD FLOYD WALTERSPrivate First Class · October 2, 1966
- CARROLL U THOMPSONCaptain · November 11, 1966
- DOUGLAS THOMAS JRAirman · August 4, 1966
- FORDHAM E FINCH JRPrivate First Class · January 13, 1967
- RICHARD BELTON BROCKMANCaptain · January 17, 1967
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.