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CHARLES WILLIAM KINNEY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 25, 1948 – May 3, 1968
Service recordCharles William Kinney, of Ecorse, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 3, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 54E, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 54E · Line 26
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- October 25, 1948
- Home of record
- Ecorse, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 3, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date May 3, 1968; 13 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 151 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 54E, Line 26
- HERMAN JACKSONSergeant · May 3, 1968
- ROBERT PATRICK JOHNSTONSergeant · May 3, 1968
- DERVIN JOHN KEISLINGPrivate First Class · May 3, 1968
- MICHAEL LOU KIDDPrivate First Class · May 3, 1968
Same unit, same day
- BRIAN GREGORY HUGHESSergeant · Panel 54E, Line 25
- HERMAN JACKSONSergeant · Panel 54E, Line 26
- ROBERT PATRICK JOHNSTONSergeant · Panel 54E, Line 26
- ROGER HOWARD SPARKSSergeant · Panel 54E, Line 29
From Ecorse
- JOE D JOHNSON JRPrivate First Class · January 2, 1967
- JAIME VILLALOBOSStaff Sergeant · May 25, 1968
- PHILIP LEONARD TANKPrivate First Class · September 12, 1968
- MARTEE BRADLEY JRSpecialist Four · December 8, 1968
- CHARLES LOUIS TANKCorporal · April 19, 1969
- FLOYD RICHARDSON JRSpecialist Four · February 2, 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.