Hinnant, Benjamin Lowell, SFC

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Service Details

Last Rank
Sergeant First Class

Last Service Branch
Infantry

Last Primary MOS
11B40-Infantryman

Last MOS Group
Infantry (Enlisted)

Primary Unit
1967-1968, 1st Infantry Division

Service Years
1951 - 1968

Last Photo

Personal Details

Home State

North Carolina

Year of Birth
1932

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Casualty Info

Home Town Wilson, NC	Last Address Philadelphia, PA

Casualty Date May 06, 1968
Cause Hostile, Died	Reason Multiple Fragmentation Wounds
Location Binh Duong (Vietnam)	Conflict Vietnam War
Location of Interment Fort Benning Post Cemetery - Fort Benning, Georgia	Wall/Plot Coordinates 56E 008

Official Badges

Unofficial Badges

Military Associations and Other Affiliations


	2013, Vietnam Veterans Memorial [Verified] - Assoc. Page

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Unit Assignments/ Advancement Schools


	1951-1953, 1745, 5th Regimental Combat Team
	1951-1953, HHC, 1st Battalion, 5th Infantry
	1967-1968, A Company, 1st Battalion, 18th Infantry
	1967-1968, 1st Infantry Division

Combat and Non-Combat Operations


	1951-1952 Second Korean Winter (1951-52)
	1952-1952 Korean War/Korea, Summer-Fall 1952
	1952-1953 Korean War/Third Korean Winter (1952-53)
	1953-1953 Korean War/Korean Summer (1953)
	1967-1968 Vietnam War/Counteroffensive Phase III Campaign (1967-68)
	1968-1968 Vietnam War/Tet Counteroffensive Campaign (1968)
	1968-1968 Vietnam War/Counteroffensive Phase IV Campaign (1968)

Additional Information

Last Known Activity
SFC Hinnant was WIA on 18 January 1953 in North Korea.

SFC Benjamin Lowell Hinnant, U.S. Army, {RA14381060}, Vietnam War -SFC Hinnant was killed in a firefight with the enemy during Operation TOAN Thang on 5-6-1968 while serving as a Light Weapons Infantryman with Co. A, 1st Battalion, 18th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division. Sgt. Hinnant started his tour of Vietnam on 12-8-1967. SFC Hinnant is the son of Mr. & Mrs. Hardy Hinnant of 767 South Goldsboro Street, Wilson, North Carolina, and the Beloved husband of Mrs. Lillie L. Hinnant of 4865 Connor Road, Columbus, Georgia.

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