The Wall › Panel 20W › Wisconsin › David Robert Kink
DAVID ROBERT KINK
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
November 11, 1949 – August 3, 1969
Service recordDavid Robert Kink, of Middleton, Wisconsin, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on August 3, 1969, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 92 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 92
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.
Remember
Did you know him? Family members and friends are invited to share a photograph or a memory. Nothing is posted until it has been reviewed.
Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- November 11, 1949
- Home of record
- Middleton, Wisconsin (Dane County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 3, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date August 3, 1969; he was the only one lost in Phuoc Long Province that day. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 99 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 92
- CHRISTOPHER KELLYPrivate · August 3, 1969
- GLEN ALLAN MILLINGERSergeant · August 3, 1969
- JAMES EDWARD MORTON JRMajor · August 3, 1969
- DAVID HENRY SHERLOCKFirst Lieutenant · August 3, 1969
From Middleton
- RONALD RICHARD REINKEPetty Officer Third Class · September 6, 1967
- JAMES GEORGE HILDEBRANDTStaff Sergeant · July 18, 1968
- DENNIS M STOPPLEWORTHPrivate · June 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.