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JAMES MELVIN HINKLE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 11, 1949 – October 21, 1971
Service recordJames Melvin Hinkle, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 21, 1971, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 46 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 46
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)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- September 11, 1949
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 21, 1971
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date October 21, 1971; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In October 1971, 132 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 46
- WILLIAM JOHN MAKOWSKIPrivate First Class · October 21, 1971
- LARRY JAMES PORTERSpecialist Four · October 21, 1971
- DANIEL STEPHEN SALASPrivate First Class · October 21, 1971
- ROY DWIGHT BARNESWarrant Officer 1 · October 22, 1971
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 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.