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GERALD CLINTON HINSDALE
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
March 22, 1947 – June 30, 1971
Service recordGerald Clinton Hinsdale, of Richmond, Virginia, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on June 30, 1971, in Kien Giang Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 94 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 94
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Watercraft Engineer (61C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- March 22, 1947
- Home of record
- Richmond, Virginia (Richmond (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 30, 1971
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Kien Giang
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date June 30, 1971; he was the only one lost in Kien Giang Province that day. In June 1971, 181 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 94
- CALVIN DOUGLAS GUNTERSpecialist Four · June 29, 1971
- PHILLIP WAYNE BRIDGESSpecialist Four · June 30, 1971
- PAUL ALONZO DODSON SRCaptain · June 30, 1971
- RONALD HUGH HALLStaff Sergeant · June 30, 1971
From Richmond
- WALTER PRESTON GORHAMMajor · March 16, 1963
- RICHARD SHERWIN JOHNSONCaptain · January 17, 1965
- ROBERT LEE SIMON JRSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- ROBERT WILLIAM DOSSAirman First Class · April 27, 1965
- CHARLES ARTHUR JENKINSLance Corporal · June 25, 1965
- JAMES HOLMES THORNTONPrivate First Class · November 3, 1965
- SAMUEL STANLEY TOLLIVERPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- MARYLAND CHATTENPrivate · December 24, 1965
- CURTIS J MCGEEStaff Sergeant · February 28, 1966
- TERRY L HARPERSpecialist Four · March 21, 1966
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.