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LLOYD LYNN HITCHINS
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Army
August 30, 1946 – December 13, 1967
Service recordLloyd Lynn Hitchins, of Champaign, Illinois, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 13, 1967, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 31E, Line 87 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31E · 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
- Second Lieutenant (2LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- August 30, 1946
- Home of record
- Champaign, Illinois (Champaign County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 13, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date December 13, 1967; four of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 46 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31E, Line 87
- JOHN EDWARD DAVISPrivate First Class · December 13, 1967
- CALVIN DONALD DAWKINSCorporal · December 13, 1967
- JOHN W FITZGERALD JRSergeant First Class · December 13, 1967
- PAUL GEORGE HAMILTON JRPrivate First Class · December 13, 1967
From Champaign
- RICHARD E NUTTPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- CHARLES LESTER GETMANCaptain · July 19, 1966
- WAYNE EUGENE DAWSONSergeant · December 19, 1966
- DENNIS GRANT NICOLAPrivate First Class · January 2, 1967
- WILLIAM HENRY HOLTHOFFSpecialist Four · March 21, 1967
- STEVEN ANDRE BROQUISTSecond Lieutenant · May 14, 1967
- EDWARD WALDREN CRUMMajor · February 6, 1968
- DONALD MILTON DALESpecialist Four · February 15, 1968
- CHARLES KENNETH HENSONSergeant · March 27, 1968
- ROBERT PAUL RIGGINSMajor · April 22, 1968
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.