David Raymond Hinton (1924 - 2016)

Born 30 Apr 1924 in Englewood, Bergen, New Jersey, United States

Ancestors

Died 28 Apr 2016 at age 91 in New Jersey, United States

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Biography

David Hinton is a part of US Black heritage.

David was born in 1924 in Englewood, New Jersey. He was the son of Oris Hinton and Pearl Powell.

David enlisted in the Army Air Corps Aviation Cadet Program in 1944 and trained and served from 1944 to 1946.

David graduated from Howard University with a Bachelor's Degree in electrical engineering. He worked on the radio systems for the Gemini and Apollo projects. In 1970 he started United Microfilm and Microfiche, Inc. in New Jersey.

David married Kathryn Antoinette Ward in 1948. David and Kathryn had two children, Beverly and James. Kathryn died in 2008.

David participated in the U.S. Veterans History Project. His recording is available online.^[1]

He passed away in 2016. David is interred at Indiantown Gap National Cemetery, Annville, Pennsylvania.

Sources

1. ↑ Fowler, C., National Guard Militia Museum Of New Jersey, Woomer, S. & Hinton, D. (1944) David Hinton Collection. [Personal Narrative] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/afc2001001.91752/.

see also;

• "New Jersey, Reclaim the Records, Geographic Birth Index, 1901-1929", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6N3D-ZY58 : 6 July 2022), David R. Hinton, 1924.

• "U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947," Ancestry.com, David Raymond Hinton, Race: Negro (Black), Birth Date: 30 Apr 1924, Birth Place: Englewood, New Jersey, Residence Place: Englewood, Bergen, New Jersey, Employer: Western Electric Company, So. Kearny, New Jersey; National Archives at St. Louis; St. Louis, Missouri; Wwii Draft Registration Cards For New Jersey, 10/16/1940-03/31/1947; Record Group: Records of the Selective Service System, 147; Box: 295, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011, Lehi, UT, USA

• "United States World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K856-KJ2 : 5 December 2014), David R Hinton, enlisted 01 Sep 1944, New York City, New York, United States; citing "Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, ca. 1938-1946," database, The National Archives: Access to Archival Databases (AAD) (http://aad.archives.gov : National Archives and Records Administration, 2002); NARA NAID 1263923, National Archives at College Park, Maryland.

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/167824740/david-r-hinton: accessed 16 June 2023), memorial page for AVN CADET David R Hinton (30 Apr 1924–28 Apr 2016), Find a Grave Memorial ID 167824740, citing Indiantown Gap National Cemetery, Annville, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, USA; Maintained by Patrick (contributor 48975768).Find A Grave: Memorial #167824740

• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X48C-4YQ : accessed 16 June 2023), David R Hinton in household of Oris H Hinton, Englewood, Bergen, New Jersey, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 61, sheet 4A, line 25, family 87, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1312; FHL microfilm 2,341,047.

• "United States Census, 1940", database with images, FamilySearch (ark:/61903/1:1:K4PG-RPJ : Tue Jun 13 21:44:57 UTC 2023), Entry for Oris Hinton and Pearl Hinton, 1940.

• "United States 1950 Census", database, FamilySearch (ark:/61903/1:1:6F9F-W2X9 : Sun Jan 29 22:42:40 UTC 2023), Entry for David R Hinton and Kathryn A Hinton, 5 April 1950.

• Tuskegee Airmen, Inc., online resource accessed 16 June 2023; David R. Hinton, "A DOCUMENTED ORIGINAL TUSKEGEE AIRMAN."[1]

• Legacy Obituaries, online resource accessed 16 June 2023; David Hinton Obituary, Stroyan Funeral Home, Milford, Pennsylvania[2]