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MARCOS HINOJOSA
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 17, 1945 – June 18, 1968
Service recordMarcos Hinojosa, of Hebbronville, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 18, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 56W, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 56W · Line 22
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 3/5 CAV 9 INF DIV
- Born
- February 17, 1945
- Home of record
- Hebbronville, Texas (Jim Hogg County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 18, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
73 names on the Wall carry the date June 18, 1968; 30 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “3/5 CAV 9 INF DIV”, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 56W, Line 22
- RONALD KEITH GROOMSPrivate First Class · June 18, 1968
- CARLETON PHILIP HASTINGSSpecialist Four · June 18, 1968
- JAMES CORNELIUS HEARDLance Corporal · June 18, 1968
- DONALD ROBERT HOFFMANStaff Sergeant · June 18, 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.