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CLEATUS PAUL KIMBLE
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
September 11, 1942 – November 11, 1969
Service recordCleatus Paul Kimble, of Chula Vista, California, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on November 11, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 58 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 58
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 Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Nuclear, Biological, And Chemical (Nbc) Specialist (54E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- September 11, 1942
- Home of record
- Chula Vista, California (San Diego County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 11, 1969
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date November 11, 1969; four of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 58
- CHARLES JOSEPH KEITTPrivate First Class · November 11, 1969
- RICHARD STEPHEN LEACHPrivate First Class · November 11, 1969
- DENNIS PAUL LINDSEYStaff Sergeant · November 11, 1969
- WILLIAM F LITTLE IIIFirst Lieutenant · November 11, 1969
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM ALFRED BLACKBURNSergeant First Class · Panel 16W, Line 56
- MERLIN GAIL BEERSpecialist Four · Panel 16W, Line 57
From Chula Vista
- PAUL ARTHUR WILDAUERLieutenant Commander · March 2, 1964
- RICHARD BRIGHTPrivate · July 21, 1966
- RICHARD EARL SIPESPrivate First Class · December 29, 1966
- CHARLES LEE MYERSSergeant · February 13, 1967
- WILSON E BIBLER JRSpecialist Four · February 24, 1967
- EDWIN EARL COOPERHospitalman · February 24, 1967
- JOHN IGNATIUS HIGGINS JRHospitalman · October 14, 1967
- RICHARD D WEEDERSpecialist Five · October 17, 1967
- JAMES RICHARD BIERNACKISergeant · March 14, 1968
- RAYMOND OMER KINCANNONCaptain · April 1, 1968
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.