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OVERTIS HINTON JR
Corporal · U.S. Army
September 2, 1946 – May 19, 1968
Service recordOvertis Hinton JR, of Wynne, Arkansas, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 19, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 63E, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 63E · Line 10
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- September 2, 1946
- Home of record
- Wynne, Arkansas (Cross County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 19, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
89 names on the Wall carry the date May 19, 1968; six of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 236 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 63E, Line 10
- ALLAN MARCUS FREDRICKSENSpecialist Four · May 19, 1968
- ALBERT ALOYSIUS GILLESPIEPrivate · May 19, 1968
- SIGARD RICHARD GRIMSTADPrivate First Class · May 19, 1968
- ARTIE INGRAMCorporal · May 19, 1968
Same unit, same day
- MELVIN ARLEIGH ALLENSergeant · Panel 63E, Line 4
- WILLIAM CLARENCE BALDWINCorporal · Panel 63E, Line 4
- JOSEPH A BODNARFirst Lieutenant · Panel 63E, Line 5
- GUY LEONARD JEWETTSergeant · Panel 63E, Line 11
- ALBERTO L PEREZPrivate First Class · Panel 63E, Line 16
- JAYE ARTHUR SHARPESergeant · Panel 63E, Line 18
- ROBERT JOSEPH PALENSCARPrivate First Class · Panel 63E, Line 19
- KENNETH RICHARD WILSONStaff Sergeant · Panel 64E, Line 2
From Wynne
- THERMAN MORRIS WALLERChief Master Sergeant · February 3, 1966
- GARY THOMAS FUTRELLStaff Sergeant · May 17, 1966
- ROGER LEE HUBBARDPrivate First Class · October 31, 1967
- CHESTER MCDANIELCorporal · September 18, 1968
- SAMMIE LEE WARRENPrivate First Class · May 8, 1969
- WESLEY OTERIA CODYCorporal · August 26, 1970
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.