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ALLEN EUGENE KINSMAN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 18, 1951 – March 30, 1971
Service recordAllen Eugene Kinsman, of Arthur, Nebraska, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 30, 1971, in Vinh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 93 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 93
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medium Helicopter Repairer (67U)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- June 18, 1951
- Home of record
- Arthur, Nebraska (Arthur County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 30, 1971
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Vinh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date March 30, 1971; he was the only one lost in Vinh Long Province that day. In March 1971, 429 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 33 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 93
- RICHARD LAURE STANSBARGERPrivate First Class · March 29, 1971
- ANDREW RICHARD STEWARD JRStaff Sergeant · March 29, 1971
- CRAWFORD HENRY TRAVERSergeant · March 29, 1971
- JAMES HARLEN ALLENPrivate First Class · March 30, 1971
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.