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JOHN WARREN HINKLE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 6, 1943 – November 21, 1968
Service recordJohn Warren Hinkle, of Saginaw, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 21, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 38W, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38W · Line 26
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- August 6, 1943
- Home of record
- Saginaw, Michigan (Saginaw County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 21, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
51 names on the Wall carry the date November 21, 1968; seven of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 98 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 38W, Line 26
- MARTIN GEHRING GIVENWarrant Officer 1 · November 21, 1968
- STANLEY NORRIS GREENSergeant · November 21, 1968
- WARREN GEORGE HAUGEN JRSpecialist Four · November 21, 1968
- RICHARD LEE MATTHEWSPrivate First Class · November 21, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JERRY BAKERSpecialist Four · Panel 38W, Line 22
- SAMUEL JAMES EVANSSergeant · Panel 38W, Line 25
- THOMAS HOPKINSSpecialist Four · Panel 38W, Line 27
- GARY WAYNE HULSESpecialist Four · Panel 38W, Line 27
- CURTIS JAMES KAUPPSpecialist Four · Panel 38W, Line 27
- JOHN ROBERT MILLERSergeant · Panel 38W, Line 28
- PAUL JOSEPH PAMANETPrivate First Class · Panel 38W, Line 29
- WAYNE E SKOLITSSpecialist Four · Panel 38W, Line 30
From Saginaw
- BRICKIE BOWMAN JRPrivate · May 23, 1965
- PAUL HAMILTON JRSergeant · October 3, 1965
- HEZEKIAH GOSS JRSpecialist Five · January 15, 1966
- ROBERT ALLEN KOWALSKICorporal · January 25, 1966
- TERRY R MCLEANStaff Sergeant · April 2, 1966
- WILLIAM JOSEPH COXPrivate First Class · October 13, 1966
- MILES DENNIS COOPERPrivate First Class · November 19, 1966
- EDWARD EARL SCHELLPrivate First Class · February 6, 1967
- JOHN ROBERT CUSHMANSpecialist Four · March 20, 1967
- STANLEY FOSTER BARRETTPrivate First Class · April 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.