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WILLIAM JOSEPH HINES
Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 15, 1945 – August 7, 1967
Service recordWilliam Joseph Hines, of New York, New York, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 7, 1967, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 87 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 87
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- July 15, 1945
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 7, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date August 7, 1967; six of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24E, Line 87
- MICHAEL JAMES HILLERCorporal · August 7, 1967
- JERRY KENNETH JORDANSergeant · August 7, 1967
- BOBBY DEAN LIVELYSergeant · August 7, 1967
- JOHN P MARLOWWarrant Officer 1 · August 7, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JOHN ROBERT ANELIPrivate First Class · Panel 24E, Line 85
- JERRY KENNETH JORDANSergeant · Panel 24E, Line 87
- RICHARD T MCANDREW JRSergeant · Panel 24E, Line 88
- JOSEPH SAMUEL PORTER JRSergeant · Panel 24E, Line 88
- DAVID LEE SCOTTSpecialist Four · Panel 24E, Line 88
- VAN VERNON TRANTHAM IIIPrivate First Class · Panel 24E, Line 89
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.