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DAVID LEE KITCHEN
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
July 7, 1949 – April 25, 1969
Service recordDavid Lee Kitchen, of Wamego, Kansas, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 25, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 47
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- July 7, 1949
- Home of record
- Wamego, Kansas (Pottawatomie County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 25, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
49 names on the Wall carry the date April 25, 1969; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 47
- GEORGE R KIDDCaptain · April 25, 1969
- ROBERT LARRY KINGSergeant First Class · April 25, 1969
- DAVID MICHAEL LACEYSpecialist Five · April 25, 1969
- RODGER PAUL LANTERPrivate First Class · April 25, 1969
From Wamego
- STEPHEN JOSEPH SZIJJARTOSergeant · December 17, 1966
- MICHAEL CHARLES ZELLERSpecialist Four · February 25, 1968
- JOHN GEORGE SOUTHALLCorporal · June 16, 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.