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HINES, David Terrence - Date of
birth
8 December 1921 -
Age
23 - Place of
birth
Wibaux County, Montana -
Hometown
Santa Clara County, California
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
19090249 -
Rank
Staff Sergeant -
Function
unknown -
Unit
E Company,
2nd Battalion,
517th Parachute Infantry Regiment
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Awards
Bronze Star with Oak Leaf Cluster
Death
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Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
21 January 1945 - Place of
death
North of St. Vith, Belgium
Grave
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Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| C | 11 | 26 |
Immediate family
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Members
Frank J. Hines (father)
Wilma J. (Green) Hines (mother)
Laura M. Hines (sister)
Mildred V. Hines (sister)
Biography
www.battleatbest.comMore information
S/Sgt Thomas T. Hines studied at a college in San Jose, California and was a gifted athlete.He was engaged to be married just before he decided to enlist. He was truly proud that he was accepted into the paratroops.
Together with his regiment, the 517th PIR he was transferred to the European Theatre of Operations in 1944. He was stationed in Italy and took part in the invasion of Southern France during Operation Dragoon, where his company saw heavy action near La Rochette.
One of his best buddies during this time was Roy Landreth, also a member of E Company E.
Memories from Hoyt Frank Kelley, a comrade:
"It was on the last day of battle Dave was killed. After being mortally wounded by a piece of shrapnel in the chest, he waved his men back to take cover and died. I was called out that night to identify the dead. They had all came in on trucks loaded with corpses interwined with American and German bodies. They laid them out in a tent, and I identified Dave Hines and another man from my squad."
Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.fold3.com, www.battleatbest.com, www.ancestry.com - Family Tree, World War II Journal Hoyt Frank Kelley 1943 – 1945, http://www.517prct.org/bios/hoyt_kelley/hoyt_kelley_journal_updated_04_17_2013.pdf
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Erlene Best