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JOE RAYMOND HINES
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
September 5, 1946 – May 22, 1968
Service recordJoe Raymond Hines, of Key West, Florida, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 22, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 65E, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 65E · Line 11
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- September 5, 1946
- Home of record
- Key West, Florida (Monroe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 22, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
73 names on the Wall carry the date May 22, 1968; 11 of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 236 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 65E, Line 11
- WILLIAM BERNARD HAMACHERPrivate First Class · May 22, 1968
- STEVEN GARY HICKSSpecialist Four · May 22, 1968
- DUANE FRANK HORGANLance Corporal · May 22, 1968
- JAMES EDWARD JOSHUA JRPrivate First Class · May 22, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOE RAY COURTNEY JRCorporal · Panel 65E, Line 6
- PAUL ALLEN PROEHLSergeant · Panel 65E, Line 8
- GEORGE GUERRA JRPrivate First Class · Panel 65E, Line 9
- GALE WILLIAM DIXONSergeant · Panel 65E, Line 13
- DAVID WESLEY MOSELEYPrivate First Class · Panel 65E, Line 13
- LARRY JUNIOR SAMPLESCorporal · Panel 66E, Line 2
- ANGEL LUIS SANCHEZPrivate First Class · Panel 66E, Line 2
From Key West
- RICHARD ANTHONY RECUPEROPrivate First Class · April 24, 1966
- LELAND W ALBURY JRLance Corporal · June 29, 1966
- ECKWOOD HAROLD SOLOMON JRCaptain · July 27, 1966
- PETER STANLEY KNIGHTMajor · August 25, 1966
- FLORENTINO R ROQUESpecialist Four · October 2, 1966
- CHARLES LANCASTER PUTNAMCaptain · March 9, 1967
- KERMIT BRUCE ROBERTSTechnical Sergeant · May 18, 1969
- MACK DENNARD JRSergeant · September 18, 1969
- OLIVER COLEMAN JRFirst Lieutenant · November 1, 1969
- HORACIO A FONSECA-VARGASPrivate First Class · May 12, 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.