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STEPHEN JOHN HINDS
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
October 6, 1946 – April 13, 1968
Service recordStephen John Hinds, of Osseo, Minnesota, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 13, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 49E, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49E · Line 42
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
- Engineer Equipment Operator (1345)
- Born
- October 6, 1946
- Home of record
- Osseo, Minnesota (Hennepin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 13, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
60 names on the Wall carry the date April 13, 1968; 26 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 49E, Line 42
- FRED JOE HAYESStaff Sergeant · April 13, 1968
- ROBERT CHARLES HEALEY JRPrivate First Class · April 13, 1968
- DOUGLAS RANDOLPH HEATHPrivate First Class · April 13, 1968
- KENNETH LEE HINNANTPrivate First Class · April 13, 1968
From Osseo
- TERRILL MICHAEL LISLEPrivate First Class · April 4, 1969
- CHARLES JAMES BEBUSMaster Sergeant · December 21, 1972
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.