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JOHN LESTER HINES
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 26, 1948 – September 15, 1967
Service recordJohn Lester Hines, of Virginia Beach, Virginia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 15, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 26E, Line 75 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26E · Line 75
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Ordnance Supply And Part Specialist (76D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- February 26, 1948
- Home of record
- Virginia Beach, Virginia (Virginia Beach (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 15, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date September 15, 1967; three of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 39 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26E, Line 75
- NORMAN DOYAL GROVESpecialist Four · September 15, 1967
- GAREY LEE HENSLEYSpecialist Four · September 15, 1967
- LOWELL DEAN HOLDENStaff Sergeant · September 15, 1967
- JOHN MARTIN KEPPLERPrivate First Class · September 15, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JERRY WAYNE MUSTAINSpecialist Four · Panel 26E, Line 76
From Virginia Beach
- RALPH WINDALL CARTWRIGHTPrivate First Class · November 15, 1965
- WILLIAM A BURNETTPrivate First Class · December 29, 1965
- MARVIN BONNEY SMITH JRSpecialist Four · January 11, 1966
- ALLEN THOMAS WHEATONPrivate First Class · May 12, 1966
- RONALD EDWARD ANGESpecialist Four · May 21, 1966
- DENNIS R BALFOURPrivate First Class · September 10, 1966
- STERLING SADLER WOODSCorporal · May 10, 1967
- OTTO ANDREAE SEAMANS JRWarrant Officer 1 · May 18, 1967
- ROBERT THOMAS BOYKINPrivate First Class · May 20, 1967
- HAROLD EARL YOUNGSpecialist Five · July 27, 1967
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.