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LESLIE EDMUND HINES III
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
October 23, 1938 – August 24, 1968
Service recordLeslie Edmund Hines III, of Spokane, Washington, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 24, 1968, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 46W, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46W · Line 3
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Armored Reconnaissance Unit Commander (1204)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- October 23, 1938
- Home of record
- Spokane, Washington (Spokane County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 24, 1968
- Age
- 29
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
56 names on the Wall carry the date August 24, 1968; six of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 46W, Line 3
- THOMAS FRANKLIN HERKINSSergeant · August 24, 1968
- ROBERT JOHN HIMLERCaptain · August 24, 1968
- ROBERT DOUGLAS HUGHESCorporal · August 24, 1968
- JOSEF PAUL INTIHARSpecialist Four · August 24, 1968
Same unit, same day
- LEWIS NANCESpecialist Four · Panel 46W, Line 6
- IVAN L VINCENT JRPrivate First Class · Panel 46W, Line 10
From Spokane
- TIMOTHY MICHAEL LANGFirst Lieutenant · August 30, 1963
- DELOSS WILLIAM ANDERSON JRPetty Officer First Class · September 8, 1964
- DUANE CHARLES SCHELLStaff Sergeant · September 18, 1965
- WALTER PIPER JRPrivate First Class · February 6, 1966
- CHARLES EUGENE ANDERSONSergeant · March 5, 1966
- MARK JEFFREY GARDELLAPrivate First Class · March 20, 1966
- WILLIAM RICHARD WESTSergeant · March 28, 1966
- WILL PAGE BARTON IIPrivate First Class · June 9, 1966
- JOSEPH RAYMOND ELLMANPrivate First Class · June 9, 1966
- RICHARD PAUL HOLIENSergeant · June 30, 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.