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PHILLIP MASON HINES
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
September 21, 1945 – May 19, 1967
Service recordPhillip Mason Hines, of Dodge City, Kansas, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on May 19, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 44 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 44
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Born
- September 21, 1945
- Home of record
- Dodge City, Kansas (Ford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 19, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
69 names on the Wall carry the date May 19, 1967; 29 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 20E, Line 44
- HAROLD JAMES HELLBACHCaptain · May 19, 1967
- VERNON LEE HENKEPrivate First Class · May 19, 1967
- RICHARD PETER HILGARTPrivate First Class · May 19, 1967
- JOHN ANDREW HOLLINGSWORTHHospitalman · May 19, 1967
From Dodge City
- FRANKIE SANCHEZSpecialist Four · February 23, 1966
- CHARLES LYNN HEMMINGWAYFirst Lieutenant · June 13, 1967
- JAMES LEO NUFERPrivate First Class · March 11, 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.