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CHARLES M KINIYALOCTS
Corporal · U.S. Army
July 16, 1948 – June 29, 1969
Service recordCharles M Kiniyalocts, of Middletown, Ohio, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on June 29, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 33
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- July 16, 1948
- Home of record
- Middletown, Ohio (Butler County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 29, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date June 29, 1969; he was the only one lost in Hua Nghia Province that day. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 122 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 33
- ALAN MURRAY HORNSecond Lieutenant · June 29, 1969
- ELGIN JOHN JURIPrivate First Class · June 29, 1969
- FREDRICK ALLEN LISIEWSKIPetty Officer Second Class · June 29, 1969
- HERBERT JAMES LOTTESSpecialist Four · June 29, 1969
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES FISHER CLENDENINSergeant · Panel 21W, Line 31
- COURTNEY JAMES COSGROVESpecialist Four · Panel 21W, Line 31
- RONALD RICHARD DEWYEASpecialist Four · Panel 21W, Line 31
- DONALD PAUL DAVIESSpecialist Five · Panel 21W, Line 32
- WAYNE HERSCHEL EMERSONSpecialist Four · Panel 21W, Line 32
- HERBERT JAMES LOTTESSpecialist Four · Panel 21W, Line 33
- ERNEST MICHAEL STAINESCorporal · Panel 21W, Line 34
From Middletown
- CHARLES DELANO SWARTZPrivate First Class · January 10, 1966
- JACKIE G STANLEYSergeant · June 28, 1967
- RAY DANIEL PENDERGRAFTMajor · July 2, 1967
- STEVEN EUGENE SMITHPrivate First Class · February 7, 1968
- ANDREW RICHARD SMITH JRPrivate First Class · March 21, 1968
- THOMAS RAY EDWARDSSpecialist Four · June 20, 1968
- MICHAEL OLIVER CASSIDYSpecialist Four · February 3, 1969
- JAMES DALE ADKINSCorporal · June 8, 1969
- JAMES EDWARD BURKEPrivate First Class · February 14, 1970
- WILLIAM ERNEST BROUGHTONSpecialist Four · August 20, 1970
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.