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--- General / Personal ---
Last name: HINSON
First name: JAMES HARVEY
Home of Record (official): BONIFAY
State (official): FL
Date of Birth: Friday, November 20, 1931
Sex: Male
Race: Caucasian
Marital Status: Married
--- Military ---
Branch: Army
Rank: SFC
Serial Number: 24628336
Component: Regular
Pay grade: E7
MOS (Military Occupational Specialty code): 11E40
11th Armored Cavalry Regiment
E Troop 2nd Squadron
--- Action ---
Start of Tour: Wednesday, September 7, 1966
Date of Casualty: Monday, July 3, 1967
Age at time of loss: 35
Casualty type: (A2) Hostile, died of wounds
Reason: Burns (Ground casualty)
Country: South Vietnam
Province: Quang Ngai
The Wall: Panel 22E - Row 120