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RALPH EARLE HINES
Captain · U.S. Marine Corps
May 26, 1938 – February 19, 1967
Service recordRalph Earle Hines, of Springfield, Massachusetts, served as a Captain in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 19, 1967, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 62 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 62
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Officer (I) (0302)
- Born
- May 26, 1938
- Home of record
- Springfield, Massachusetts (Hampden County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 19, 1967
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date February 19, 1967; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 62
- ROGER LEE HOGSTONPrivate First Class · February 19, 1967
- RICHARD KNIGHTSergeant · February 19, 1967
- PETER JOSEPH LIBERATILance Corporal · February 19, 1967
- VANNY CHRIS MAHANAPrivate First Class · February 19, 1967
From Springfield
- WAYNE CARL SIMMONSSpecialist Five · April 1, 1965
- JAMES STEPHEN COCCHIARAPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- WILLIAM HADLEY SCHOLESSergeant · April 21, 1966
- RALPH GABRIEL ERDELYLance Corporal · May 12, 1966
- ROBERT NAZAIRE TETREAULTStaff Sergeant · July 9, 1966
- DONALD CONSTANDEGunnery Sergeant · August 12, 1966
- NORMAN CARL FARRISSpecialist Four · November 21, 1966
- WALTER JOSEPH FITZPATRICKSergeant First Class · March 3, 1967
- GUS STOVALL JRPrivate · March 9, 1967
- RONALD CHARLES HURSTSpecialist Four · April 12, 1967
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.