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REGGIE WESTEL HINSON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 11, 1948 – February 20, 1970
Service recordReggie Westel Hinson, of Logansport, Indiana, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 20, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 36
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- October 11, 1948
- Home of record
- Logansport, Indiana (Cass County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 20, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date February 20, 1970; 12 of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 24 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 36
- EDWARD CLARK CALDWELL IIIPetty Officer Second Class · February 20, 1970
- KENNETH LEE HIGGINSSpecialist Four · February 20, 1970
- DAVID ALLEN HOCKETTFirst Lieutenant · February 20, 1970
- FLOYD RAY JOHNSONPrivate · February 20, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DENNIS EARL JOYPrivate First Class · Panel 13W, Line 34
- LARRY EDWARD HANDStaff Sergeant · Panel 13W, Line 35
- DEXTER DUANE HARBOURSpecialist Four · Panel 13W, Line 35
- MICHAEL LEO HELLERPrivate First Class · Panel 13W, Line 35
- CHARLES MICHAEL MEDLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 13W, Line 37
- LEON ABNER MILLERStaff Sergeant · Panel 13W, Line 37
- LARRY DALE PALMERSpecialist Four · Panel 13W, Line 37
- THOMAS ALAN PORTERCorporal · Panel 13W, Line 38
- CLYDE DEAN ROOTPrivate First Class · Panel 13W, Line 38
- LARRY DAVID WOODSpecialist Four · Panel 13W, Line 39
- GORDON F ZIMMERMANSergeant First Class · Panel 13W, Line 39
- ROBERT LEE WILSONPrivate First Class · Panel 13W, Line 40
From Logansport
- ARTHUR LEROY JAMESStaff Sergeant · March 30, 1966
- FRANK R GALLAGHERPrivate First Class · August 20, 1966
- JAMES L HATTONSpecialist Four · October 9, 1966
- LAWRENCE CLARKChief Master Sergeant · October 18, 1966
- JAMES LEROY KISTLERSergeant · June 12, 1967
- THOMAS EUGENE PRIESTHOFFSergeant · December 16, 1967
- CHARLES B JILCOTT JRCaptain · March 8, 1968
- ROBERT ALAN MARTINPrivate First Class · March 18, 1968
- GERALD FREDERICK GILBERTSergeant · March 28, 1968
- REX MICHAEL HOOVERSpecialist Four · September 17, 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.