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VAUGHN MAURICE HINES
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 16, 1947 – November 8, 1967
Service recordVaughn Maurice Hines, of Arcadia, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 8, 1967, offshore, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 29E, Line 50 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29E · Line 50
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Airborne Sensor Specialist (26E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 244 AVN CO 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- February 16, 1947
- Home of record
- Arcadia, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 8, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Offshore
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date November 8, 1967. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “244 AVN CO 1 AVN BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
Also on Panel 29E, Line 50
- HENRY ROBERT HOCKNELL JRLance Corporal · November 8, 1967
- DAVID LEE JONESCorporal · November 8, 1967
- JOHN MULLEN JOYCEPrivate First Class · November 8, 1967
- WILLIAM LEE JUETTPrivate First Class · November 8, 1967
Same unit, same day
- LAURENCE CHRIST SUTTLEHANMajor · Panel 29E, Line 54
From Arcadia
- RODNEY WILLARD CASSELMANPrivate First Class · August 4, 1966
- CRAIG RAY SCHOENBAUMSpecialist Four · June 9, 1967
- THOMAS EDWARDS CAMPBELLFirst Lieutenant · June 21, 1967
- RICHARD RAY IRWIN JRPrivate First Class · October 9, 1967
- EUGENE STANLEY HICKSSpecialist Four · January 16, 1968
- EDWARD ARTHUR ZAGERSecond Lieutenant · April 9, 1968
- ROGER ALLEN BOOMSMAPrivate First Class · April 13, 1968
- JAMES CARL FOXPrivate First Class · March 30, 1969
- JAMES ANDREW LEACHPrivate First Class · April 24, 1969
- PATRICK MICHAEL WARDCaptain · September 11, 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.