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JOHN WAYNE HINES
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 7, 1950 – September 24, 1970
Service recordJohn Wayne Hines, of Belmont, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 24, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 87 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 87
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- July 7, 1950
- Home of record
- Belmont, Ohio (Belmont County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 24, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date September 24, 1970; three of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In September 1970, 364 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 34 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 87
- LARRY DAVID HICKSSergeant · September 24, 1970
- EDWARD JOHN LAKWACorporal · September 24, 1970
- MYRON RICHARD NABOZNIAKSpecialist Four · September 24, 1970
- BILLY HARRISON RATLIFFSergeant · September 24, 1970
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD NOYCE SEGLEMPrivate First Class · Panel 7W, Line 88
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.