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JOHN CHARLES HINES
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
February 22, 1947 – August 24, 1970
Service recordJohn Charles Hines, of Cohoes, New York, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 24, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 1
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- February 22, 1947
- Home of record
- Cohoes, New York (Albany County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 24, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date August 24, 1970; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 1
- FRANK ANDREW CASSIN JRSergeant · August 24, 1970
- RICHARD WILLIAM DEVINESpecialist Four · August 24, 1970
- PATRICK G FITZSIMMONSWarrant Officer 1 · August 24, 1970
- ASA THOMAS JOHNSONPrivate First Class · August 24, 1970
From Cohoes
- JOHN JOSEPH LANDORLance Corporal · October 2, 1967
- TIMOTHY JOSEPH FRAZIER JRLance Corporal · June 6, 1968
- ROBERT THOMAS RAZZANOPetty Officer Second Class · August 21, 1969
- WILLIAM FRANK DUFFNERStaff Sergeant · May 22, 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.