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HERBERT STEPHEN HINSON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 8, 1947 – January 16, 1971
Service recordHerbert Stephen Hinson, of Cincinnati, Ohio, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 16, 1971, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 49
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- March 8, 1947
- Home of record
- Cincinnati, Ohio (Hamilton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 16, 1971
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date January 16, 1971; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In January 1971, 259 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 9 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 49
- ROGER GUY HOLLERStaff Sergeant · January 16, 1971
- MARTIN JIM JRPrivate First Class · January 16, 1971
- PAUL EDWARD LEARY JRMajor · January 16, 1971
- CARLTON JOSEPH MENDALLFirst Lieutenant · January 16, 1971
From Cincinnati
- ROBERT DAVID BENNETTCaptain · November 5, 1962
- TOM WARDSergeant First Class · August 20, 1964
- KENNETH EDWARD HUMELieutenant Commander · March 29, 1965
- JAMES MELVEN PENNYPrivate First Class · July 15, 1965
- GENE RAYMOND GOLLAHONLieutenant · August 13, 1965
- LEONARD FREDERICK VOGT JRCommander · September 18, 1965
- CLARENCE HENRY GRAYStaff Sergeant · October 5, 1965
- EDWARD KEMPPrivate First Class · October 23, 1965
- CHARLES R DAVIS JRSpecialist Five · November 1, 1965
- TOMMY ALLEN DOAKPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
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.