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JOHN ROBERT HINSON
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
August 27, 1948 – August 16, 1967
Service recordJohn Robert Hinson, of Charleston, South Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 16, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · 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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- August 27, 1948
- Home of record
- Charleston, South Carolina (Charleston County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 16, 1967
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date August 16, 1967; four of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 25E, Line 1
- LAWRENCE EDWARD HOWARDPrivate First Class · August 16, 1967
- LELAND WAYNE HYSLOPCorporal · August 16, 1967
- JOHN HUBERT JONESSergeant · August 16, 1967
- GEORGE PETER KLAUSSpecialist Four · August 16, 1967
From Charleston
- CLARENCE LARRY MOORERCaptain · December 12, 1963
- THEODORE RICHARDSONSpecialist Four · October 2, 1965
- CHARLES GALE DUSINGChief Master Sergeant · October 31, 1965
- EARL CLAYTON GRAHAMSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- HAROLD T EDMONDSON JRCorporal · January 30, 1966
- JAMES BRADLEYSergeant · February 5, 1966
- BURTON ALEXANDER BLANTONCaptain · March 30, 1966
- WALTER H ANDERSONPrivate First Class · April 16, 1966
- RANDOLPH CLINTON SCOTTPrivate First Class · May 18, 1966
- HAROLD MACK JRPrivate First Class · May 21, 1966
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.