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LUTHER ANDERSON HINTON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 22, 1947 – June 26, 1969
Service recordLuther Anderson Hinton, of Chesapeake, Virginia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 26, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 18
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Unit Supply Specialist (76Y)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- January 22, 1947
- Home of record
- Chesapeake, Virginia (Chesapeake (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 26, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date June 26, 1969; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 18
- JESSIE JEROME GARRARDCorporal · June 26, 1969
- ROBERT CLYDE GONTEROLance Corporal · June 26, 1969
- MICHAEL DENNIS HAVELSpecialist Five · June 26, 1969
- ANTHONY JOHN MARINELLISpecialist Four · June 26, 1969
From Chesapeake
- WILLIAM H COBURNPrivate First Class · February 23, 1966
- KERMIT ANTHONY RAYLance Corporal · April 26, 1967
- FRED VINCENT LEELance Corporal · June 1, 1967
- DEWEY ALLEN MIDGETTPrivate · November 25, 1967
- LOUIS FRANKLIN STAPLESLance Corporal · February 5, 1968
- JAMES GUERDON SIGNETTSpecialist Four · April 4, 1968
- ELBERT ELISAH COX JRSergeant · May 1, 1968
- JOHN HENERY DIXONSpecialist Four · May 16, 1968
- HENRY LARRY GOFFSergeant · May 25, 1968
- CLEM SPENCER LOWERY JRSergeant · May 30, 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.