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GARY ROGER HINTHER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 10, 1948 – June 29, 1968
Service recordGary Roger Hinther, of Jordan, Montana, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 29, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 54W, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 54W · Line 17
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- April 10, 1948
- Home of record
- Jordan, Montana (Garfield County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 29, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date June 29, 1968; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 65 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 54W, Line 17
- ROBERT WALTER JARONIKSergeant · June 29, 1968
- GUERRERO KINNY SAN N LEONCorporal · June 29, 1968
- MICHAEL LOUIS LEWIS JRFirst Lieutenant · June 29, 1968
- EDWARD BYRON LINDSEYSpecialist Four · June 29, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DAVID THOMAS SHIELDSPrivate First Class · Panel 54W, Line 20
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.