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PHILIP BLAINE HINES
First Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
June 18, 1942 – July 6, 1966
Service recordPhilip Blaine Hines, of Galena, Kansas, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 6, 1966, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 1
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Officer (I) (0302)
- Unit (as recorded)
- K CO 3 BN 2 MAR 1 MARDIV
- Born
- June 18, 1942
- Home of record
- Galena, Kansas (Cherokee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 6, 1966
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date July 6, 1966; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 1
- WILLIAM FRANK HEWITTSergeant · July 6, 1966
- GILBERT VERNON KEMPLE JRCorporal · July 6, 1966
- JOHN F LEEFirst Lieutenant · July 6, 1966
- KENNETH CHARLES BOUDREAUXPrivate First Class · July 7, 1966
From Galena
- NICHOLAS RALPH PROCINOSpecialist Four · November 8, 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.