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WILLIAM E HINGSTON JR
Captain · U.S. Army
November 26, 1940 – January 24, 1967
Service recordWilliam E Hingston JR, of Braintree, Massachusetts, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on January 24, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 74 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 74
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- November 26, 1940
- Home of record
- Braintree, Massachusetts (Norfolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 24, 1967
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date January 24, 1967; four of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 38 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 74
- ROBERT WAYNE KENNYSergeant · January 24, 1967
- JOHN ALOYSIUS LAMBIE JRPrivate First Class · January 24, 1967
- RODERICK CHARLES PORTELLOStaff Sergeant · January 24, 1967
- MAX COLEMAN SIMPSONPrivate First Class · January 24, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JIMMIE ANDREW HERRERACorporal · Panel 14E, Line 73
- ROBERT HAROLD SMITHSpecialist Four · Panel 14E, Line 73
From Braintree
- LOUIS RAYMOND RALEIGHMajor · December 26, 1965
- RALPH WARREN CASPOLECaptain · June 3, 1966
- RICHARD T MCANDREW JRSergeant · August 7, 1967
- PETER JOSEPH MEARS JRCorporal · August 22, 1968
- GERALD GREGORY BRADLEYCorporal · January 15, 1969
- FREDERICK JOHN FOLLETTESergeant · May 2, 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.