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JAMES WESLEY HINTZ
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 14, 1948 – April 10, 1967
Service recordJames Wesley Hintz, of Holland, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 10, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 10
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- March 14, 1948
- Home of record
- Holland, Michigan (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 10, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date April 10, 1967. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 61 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 10
- MICHAEL WARD HERRERAPrivate First Class · April 10, 1967
- CHARLES J HOFFMANN IIISpecialist Four · April 10, 1967
- RONALD LEE JOHNSONFirst Lieutenant · April 10, 1967
- JOSEPH P KRAMERSpecialist Four · April 10, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JAMES HERBERT EDWARDSSpecialist Five · Panel 18E, Line 9
- DAVID R FISHERSpecialist Five · Panel 18E, Line 9
- RONALD LEE JOHNSONFirst Lieutenant · Panel 18E, Line 10
- JOSEPH P KRAMERSpecialist Four · Panel 18E, Line 10
From Holland
- MELVIN ELMER HOFFMANPrivate First Class · May 24, 1967
- JACK ELENBAASPrivate First Class · June 8, 1967
- GORDON DOUGLAS YNTEMASergeant · January 18, 1968
- DAVID BUURSMAFirst Lieutenant · February 9, 1968
- SPENCER SCOTT FREESTONESpecialist Four · February 15, 1968
- DANIEL MICHAEL ARIZMENDEZCorporal · May 29, 1968
- ROBERT JAY WESTRATESergeant · June 7, 1968
- TERRY ROBERT MEYERSergeant · August 13, 1968
- ROBERT EDWIN KNOLLStaff Sergeant · September 27, 1968
- REYNALDO ARENASSpecialist Four · December 31, 1968
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.