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STEPHEN HINKLEY
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
May 7, 1948 – May 6, 1968
Service recordStephen Hinkley, of Medfield, Massachusetts, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 6, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 56E, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 56E · Line 8
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- May 7, 1948
- Home of record
- Medfield, Massachusetts (Norfolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 6, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
102 names on the Wall carry the date May 6, 1968; 11 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 56E, Line 8
- PATRICK B HESSIONPrivate First Class · May 6, 1968
- BENJAMIN LOWELL HINNANTSergeant First Class · May 6, 1968
- CLETUH HOLLOMAN JRSpecialist Four · May 6, 1968
- JOHN ANDRES JOHNSONSpecialist Four · May 6, 1968
From Medfield
- PETER FRANK KRISTOFPrivate First Class · August 10, 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.