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KENNETH WILLIAM HINDS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 7, 1950 – July 12, 1970
Service recordKenneth William Hinds, of Cincinnati, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 12, 1970, in Darlac Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 12
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Maintenance Apprentice (67A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- July 7, 1950
- Home of record
- Cincinnati, Ohio (Hamilton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 12, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Darlac
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date July 12, 1970; he was the only one lost in Darlac Province that day. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 36 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 12
- THOMAS DONALD KLOSSSergeant · July 12, 1970
- EDDIE D MAPESSpecialist Four · July 12, 1970
- PHILLIP ALBERT MILES JRSpecialist Five · July 12, 1970
- JESUS CARLOS NUNEZPrivate First Class · July 12, 1970
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL EDWARD BURNSSpecialist Four · Panel 8W, Line 11
From Cincinnati
- ROBERT DAVID BENNETTCaptain · November 5, 1962
- TOM WARDSergeant First Class · August 20, 1964
- KENNETH EDWARD HUMELieutenant Commander · March 29, 1965
- JAMES MELVEN PENNYPrivate First Class · July 15, 1965
- GENE RAYMOND GOLLAHONLieutenant · August 13, 1965
- LEONARD FREDERICK VOGT JRCommander · September 18, 1965
- CLARENCE HENRY GRAYStaff Sergeant · October 5, 1965
- EDWARD KEMPPrivate First Class · October 23, 1965
- CHARLES R DAVIS JRSpecialist Five · November 1, 1965
- TOMMY ALLEN DOAKPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
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.