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DANNY RAY KILGORE
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
October 25, 1948 – April 16, 1968
Service recordDanny Ray Kilgore, of Myrtle Point, Oregon, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 16, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 50E, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50E · Line 16
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- October 25, 1948
- Home of record
- Myrtle Point, Oregon (Coos County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 16, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
74 names on the Wall carry the date April 16, 1968; 50 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 50E, Line 16
- RICHARD WILLIAM JOHNSTONPrivate First Class · April 16, 1968
- JOSEPH MELVIN JONESMaster Sergeant · April 16, 1968
- ALFRED LEROY LEBLANCCorporal · April 16, 1968
- JAY ANTHONY PRICEFirst Lieutenant · April 16, 1968
From Myrtle Point
- DONALD GENE MILLERSpecialist Four · April 7, 1967
- ALFRED EDGAR PLAEP JRCorporal · February 23, 1968
- TERRY LAVERN STAMANSpecialist Four · March 22, 1969
- TIMOTHY JOHN BROWNCorporal · May 30, 1970
- JAMES CALVIN TUBB JRPrivate First Class · March 5, 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.