Individual Details
Richard Burton "Dick" HINES
(19 Apr 1925 - 25 Jan 1945)
Events
| Birth | 19 Apr 1925 | Belle Plaine, Benton, Iowa, United States |  |  | |
| Military | From 16 Jun 1943 to 25 Jan 1945 | PFC, US Army: 242nd Infantry, Seventh Army, Rainbow Division -- WWII | | | |
| Death | 25 Jan 1945 | Gambscheim, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France | | | |
| Burial | 17 Dec 1948 | Oak Hill Cemetery, Belle Plaine, Benton, Iowa, United States | | |
Families
| Father | Lawrence Burton HINES (1901 - 1962) |
| Mother | Marian June Ella WILSON (1904 - 1989) |
| Sibling | Roselind Gaynell "Rosie" HINES (1928 - ) |
| Sibling | Living |
Notes
Birth
Age 4 years and 11 months on 1 April 1930.Military
Enlisted 16 June 1943. Killed in action on 25 January 1945.Death
Richard was killed in action in France on 25 Jan 1945. His parents were informed that he was Missing in Action, and it was not until April that they received the telegram indicating that he had in fact died.Burial
Dick was buried three different times. First, he was buried by the Germans immediately after his death. For more than two months, his whereabouts were unknown by his Army company, and he was listed as Missing in Action. It was not until the American forces took the town of Gambscheim that the US Army learned of his death, and was able to move his body to the Lorraine American Cemetery and Memorial in St. Avold, France. In late 1948, Dick's remains were finally returned to his home town, and he was buried in the Oak Hill Cemetery at Belle Plaine, Iowa.Endnotes
1. 1930 U.S. Federal Census, , population, Iowa, Benton, Belle Plaine, Ward 1, enumeration district (ED) ED 6-1, sheet 11B, image 22, dwelling 310, family 325, lines 58-61, Lawrence B. Hines and family; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=6224 : accessed 27 November 2013); National Archives and Records Administration.
2. , "Iowa, County Births, 1880-1935," database online, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1821206 : accessed 27 November 2013), Richard Burton Hines; Cert. 342, GS film 1871194, digital folder no. 114266773, image 300.
3. Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012, "U.S., Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1925-1963," digital images, Ancestry.com ( : accessed 28 November 2013), Richard Burton Hines; National Archives and Records Administrations; 1941-1949. Hilliard, Landon-Hoff, Michael, image 763.
4. Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012, "U.S., Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1925-1963," digital images, Ancestry.com ( : accessed 28 November 2013), Richard Burton Hines; National Archives and Records Administrations; 1941-1949. Hilliard, Landon-Hoff, Michael, image 763.
5. "Pfc Richard Hines Killed in Action," Waterloo (Iowa) Daily Courier, 22 April 1945; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=6924 : accessed 28 November 2013). image 22, column 1.
6. Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012, "U.S., Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1925-1963," digital images, Ancestry.com ( : accessed 28 November 2013), Richard Burton Hines; National Archives and Records Administrations; 1941-1949. Hilliard, Landon-Hoff, Michael, image 763.
7. "Pfc Richard Hines Killed in Action," Waterloo (Iowa) Daily Courier, 22 April 1945; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=6924 : accessed 28 November 2013). image 22, column 1.
8. "WWII Army and Army Air Force Casualty List," database online, Ancestry, Fold3.com (http://www.fold3.com/browse.php#251|hxzd6ogMT : accessed 28 November 2013), Richard B. Hines; Minnesota, p. 23, Mower County.
9. Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012, "U.S., Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1925-1963," digital images, Ancestry.com ( : accessed 28 November 2013), Richard B. Hines; National Archives and Records Administrations; 1941-1949. Hilliard, Landon-Hoff, Michael, image 763.
10. , Find A Grave, photographs and extracted information (findagrave.com : accessed 28 November 2013), Richard B. Hines, memorial #70799117.
11. "Richard B. Hines Reburial at Belle Plaine on Friday," Waterloo (Iowa) Daily Courier, 13 December 1948; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=6924 : accessed 28 November 2013). image 16, column 6.