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MARK GORDON HINKLE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 28, 1945 – November 3, 1965
Service recordMark Gordon Hinkle, of Havre, Montana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 3, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 3E, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3E · Line 14
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- May 28, 1945
- Home of record
- Havre, Montana (Hill County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 3, 1965
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date November 3, 1965. In November 1965, 545 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 69 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3E, Line 14
- DOMINGO BALANSAY VINLUANSergeant · November 1, 1965
- EVERETT ROBERT ANDERSONSergeant First Class · November 3, 1965
- SAMUEL BESSStaff Sergeant · November 3, 1965
- DWIGHT POLLARD BOWLESMajor · November 3, 1965
Same unit, same day
- EVERETT ROBERT ANDERSONSergeant First Class · Panel 3E, Line 14
- KENNETH WAYNE SCHMIDTPrivate First Class · Panel 3E, Line 16
From Havre
- STANLEY WILLIAM SALYERSergeant · May 23, 1966
- WILLIAM JOHN GARRITY JRLieutenant Commander · October 26, 1966
- PETER MICHAEL STENGEMSpecialist Four · April 28, 1969
- LEROY CHARLES CECHCorporal · June 19, 1970
- TERRY DUANE NEISSSpecialist Four · May 10, 1972
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.