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KENNETH DANIEL HINKLE
Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 19, 1941 – June 10, 1968
Service recordKenneth Daniel Hinkle, of Manchester, Kentucky, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 10, 1968, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 58W, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 58W · Line 19
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- April 19, 1941
- Home of record
- Manchester, Kentucky (Clay County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 10, 1968
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date June 10, 1968; five of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 118 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 58W, Line 19
- LOUIS MARIO GIROLIMONLance Corporal · June 10, 1968
- WAYNE DOUGLAS HEINTZCorporal · June 10, 1968
- ALEX LEE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · June 10, 1968
- JULIO SERRANO-RIVERAPrivate First Class · June 10, 1968
Same unit, same day
- EDWARD DALE BENNETTSergeant · Panel 58W, Line 17
- TERRY WAYNE CRUTCHFIELDPrivate First Class · Panel 58W, Line 18
- ARTHUR JOHN ENQUISTSergeant · Panel 58W, Line 18
From Manchester
- CECIL WALKERCorporal · November 12, 1966
- MYRON THOMPSONSpecialist Four · August 8, 1968
- CLARENCE SIZEMORESergeant · May 21, 1969
- DARRELL SMITHPrivate First Class · March 28, 1970
- KENNETH JOE NOLENPrivate First Class · September 8, 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.