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LOUIS CLARK HINES
Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 29, 1934 – September 21, 1966
Service recordLouis Clark Hines, of Tiplersville, Mississippi, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 21, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 128 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 128
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- November 29, 1934
- Home of record
- Tiplersville, Mississippi (Tippah County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 21, 1966
- Age
- 31
- 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 September 21, 1966. In September 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 51 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 128
- TERRY LEE BARCUSPrivate First Class · September 18, 1966
- NORMAN LEE ROY HOYTPrivate First Class · September 21, 1966
- ROBERT LEE HYDEPrivate · September 21, 1966
- ROBERT BUFORD JACKSONStaff Sergeant · September 21, 1966
- VERNELL JENKINSSpecialist Four · September 21, 1966
Same unit, same day
- ARTHUR CARL ALTERWISHERPrivate First Class · Panel 10E, Line 127
- FRANK ARREY JRSergeant · Panel 10E, Line 127
- ROBERT BUFORD JACKSONStaff Sergeant · Panel 10E, Line 128
- BILLY LANE LAUFFERPrivate First Class · Panel 10E, Line 129
- ANTHONY BRUCE PHILLIPSPrivate First Class · Panel 10E, Line 130
- RONALD FRAN VANRAEMDONCKPrivate First Class · Panel 10E, Line 130
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.