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JAMES HARVEY HINSON
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
November 20, 1931 – July 3, 1967
Service recordJames Harvey Hinson, of Bonifay, Florida, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 3, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 35. His name is inscribed on Panel 22E, Line 120 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22E · Line 120
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 First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- November 20, 1931
- Home of record
- Bonifay, Florida (Holmes County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 3, 1967
- Age
- 35
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date July 3, 1967; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 76 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22E, Line 120
- FRANK ROSS ALLENDER JRLance Corporal · July 3, 1967
- TIMOTHY MATTHEW FLAMMERSpecialist Four · July 3, 1967
- MARVIN RAY JOHNSONPrivate First Class · July 3, 1967
- DAVID BRUCE NELSONLance Corporal · July 3, 1967
From Bonifay
- JACK LANCE GOODMANMaster Sergeant · July 18, 1963
- LARIS WHITE JRPrivate First Class · November 4, 1965
- LEWIS DEWAYNE ROSSSpecialist Four · September 9, 1969
- PRESTON HENRY ELLISStaff Sergeant · June 17, 1970
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.