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RONALD DOUGLAS HINSON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 29, 1946 – April 16, 1968
Service recordRonald Douglas Hinson, of Conway, South Carolina, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 16, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 50E, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50E · Line 15
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- October 29, 1946
- Home of record
- Conway, South Carolina (Horry County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 16, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
74 names on the Wall carry the date April 16, 1968; he was the only one lost in Tây Ninh Province that day. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 110 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 50E, Line 15
- WILLIAM GEORGE HULWI JRSergeant · April 16, 1968
- ROY DOUGLAS HURLBERTCorporal · April 16, 1968
- NATHANIEL E L JACKSONCorporal · April 16, 1968
- DANIEL JOSEPH JASKIEWICZFirst Lieutenant · April 16, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ERNEST WILLIAM SMITHSpecialist Four · Panel 50E, Line 22
- JAMES EDWARD YOUNGSpecialist Four · Panel 50E, Line 25
From Conway
- SIMMIE BELLAMY JRPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- JOHNNIE PAUL SAWYERCaptain · June 10, 1966
- WILLARD FRANKLIN BEVERLYLance Corporal · September 8, 1966
- CLAUDE LAVERNE COLLINSStaff Sergeant · September 2, 1967
- JOHN HENRY LANCEPrivate First Class · October 27, 1967
- JAMES ROY BRYANTPrivate First Class · February 23, 1968
- CARL EDWARD TODDPetty Officer Third Class · March 25, 1969
- MICHAEL RAY SKIPPERPrivate First Class · April 22, 1969
- EVERSON BENJAMIN FAISONSergeant · November 14, 1969
- JAMES MARSHALL MINCEYCorporal · November 21, 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.