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WILLIAM RONALD HINSON
Corporal · U.S. Army
February 17, 1948 – September 1, 1968
Service recordWilliam Ronald Hinson, of Midland, North Carolina, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on September 1, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 45W, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45W · Line 19
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)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- February 17, 1948
- Home of record
- Midland, North Carolina (Cabarrus County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 1, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date September 1, 1968; three of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 90 of its members that month.
Read the history
Also on Panel 45W, Line 19
- LUIS G GOMEZ-MESASergeant · September 1, 1968
- GWYN THAXTON HENSONPrivate First Class · September 1, 1968
- LARRY FRANCIS C HOADLEYStaff Sergeant · September 1, 1968
- MELVIN JOSEPH OWCZARCZAKSecond Lieutenant · September 1, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM JOHN FLINTCorporal · Panel 45W, Line 18
- MELVIN JOSEPH OWCZARCZAKSecond Lieutenant · Panel 45W, Line 19
- JAMES J SHAUGHNESSY JRPrivate · Panel 45W, Line 22
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.