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TERRY LEE HINKLE
Corporal · U.S. Army
August 9, 1948 – November 24, 1968
Service recordTerry Lee Hinkle, of Franklin, Ohio, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on November 24, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 38W, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38W · Line 49
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- August 9, 1948
- Home of record
- Franklin, Ohio (Warren County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 24, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date November 24, 1968; six of them were lost in Long An Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 54 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 38W, Line 49
- DAVID FRANK GARRINGERSecond Lieutenant · November 24, 1968
- ALFRED HIGHTOWER JRSpecialist Four · November 24, 1968
- LARRY JENKINSPrivate First Class · November 24, 1968
- HARRY TURNER KITE JRPrivate First Class · November 24, 1968
Same unit, same day
- LARRY LEE BATESSergeant · Panel 38W, Line 48
- LARRY MARTIN CARROLLSergeant · Panel 38W, Line 48
- ALFRED HIGHTOWER JRSpecialist Four · Panel 38W, Line 49
- LARRY JENKINSPrivate First Class · Panel 38W, Line 49
- JACK JOHNSTONE SANDERSONPrivate First Class · Panel 38W, Line 52
- MARK STEPHEN STEINERSecond Lieutenant · Panel 38W, Line 53
From Franklin
- STEVE GRANT YOUNGSpecialist Four · May 6, 1966
- RICKEY LEAROY GILLUMPrivate First Class · January 18, 1967
- JONATHAN FAYE LOWMANPrivate First Class · May 20, 1967
- EDGAR BAKER JRPrivate First Class · March 21, 1968
- CHARLES KEITH DAYSpecialist Four · January 11, 1969
- PAUL EDWARD GOONAN JRSpecialist Four · May 13, 1969
- FLOYD EDWARD BARBERSpecialist Four · May 28, 1969
- KENNETH LEE PERRYSpecialist Four · September 19, 1969
- DAVID RUSSELL BRANSONSergeant · November 4, 1969
- DAVID WALTER WOODSSergeant · November 3, 1970
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.