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RANDY VICTOR HINES
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
July 31, 1946 – June 19, 1971
Service recordRandy Victor Hines, of Detroit, Michigan, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on June 19, 1971, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 82 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 82
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Fixed Wing Pilot, Single Engine (101B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- July 31, 1946
- Home of record
- Detroit, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 19, 1971
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date June 19, 1971; two of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In June 1971, 181 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 82
- DWIGHT THOMAS BLACKWATERFirst Lieutenant · June 19, 1971
- REGINALD WILLIAM FITCHETTSpecialist Five · June 19, 1971
- JOHN WALLACE HAYNESCaptain · June 19, 1971
- HOWARD HAMILTON NELSONSpecialist Four · June 19, 1971
Same unit, same day
- REGINALD WILLIAM FITCHETTSpecialist Five · Panel 3W, Line 82
- JEFFREY SCOTT WESOLOWSKISpecialist Four · Panel 3W, Line 83
From Detroit
- SAMUEL EUGENE HURDAirman Third Class · January 3, 1964
- LEO BERT ABRAMOSKICaptain · July 28, 1964
- GEORGE PAUL ZUPANCICCorporal · June 26, 1965
- MARSHALL DANIEL HOLMANPrivate First Class · July 9, 1965
- ELIAS BELL JRCorporal · July 13, 1965
- ARTHUR F HAMMARSTROM JRLieutenant Colonel · July 24, 1965
- JAMES THOMAS CLARKPrivate · August 17, 1965
- BRUCE JAMES HENRICHPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- ROBERT TAGLIONESergeant · August 18, 1965
- MERRILL LAGENE LANTRYCorporal · September 2, 1965
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.