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NORMAN LEE HINKLE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 28, 1948 – April 22, 1968
Service recordNorman Lee Hinkle, of Austin, Minnesota, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 22, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 51E, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51E · Line 33
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- June 28, 1948
- Home of record
- Austin, Minnesota (Mower County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 22, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date April 22, 1968; seven of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 189 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 51E, Line 33
- CHARLES JOSEPH RACHONPrivate First Class · April 22, 1968
- SIMON RANDALLPrivate First Class · April 22, 1968
- ROBERT PAUL RIGGINSMajor · April 22, 1968
- RONALD EDWARD SPROUSEPrivate First Class · April 22, 1968
Same unit, same day
- HENRY ALBERT HEAL JRPrivate First Class · Panel 51E, Line 30
- LESTER LEWIS MOOREPrivate First Class · Panel 51E, Line 31
- HENRY PASILLASSpecialist Four · Panel 51E, Line 32
- WALTER RIDGEWAY WINDER JRSpecialist Four · Panel 51E, Line 34
From Austin
- JERRY IRVEN HELLANDPrivate First Class · February 5, 1966
- TRACY STEPHEN TENHOFFLance Corporal · November 13, 1966
- THEODORE RUSSELL NELSONPetty Officer Third Class · May 18, 1967
- STEVEN JOHN STROUBSpecialist Five · February 5, 1968
- DENNIS CLARENCE JERDETPrivate First Class · October 11, 1968
- ELMER EUGENE FREESECorporal · November 23, 1968
- JAN PAUL CHRISTENSENFirst Lieutenant · January 15, 1969
- STEPHEN DUANE JOHNSONSergeant · June 3, 1969
- JEAN ARTHUR KEARBYLieutenant Colonel · June 23, 1969
- PHILIP OWEN RICHARDSONSergeant · August 12, 1969
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.