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DAVID WASHINGTON KINNEY
Corporal · U.S. Army
May 5, 1949 – May 31, 1969
Service recordDavid Washington Kinney, of Charleston, West Virginia, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 31, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 28
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- May 5, 1949
- Home of record
- Charleston, West Virginia (Kanawha County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 31, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
53 names on the Wall carry the date May 31, 1969; 12 of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 60 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 28
- JOHN N LACHICASergeant First Class · May 31, 1969
- JAMES MICHAEL LEONARDSergeant · May 31, 1969
- JAMES ROBERT LEWISPrivate First Class · May 31, 1969
- BILLY JOE RALPH MARTINSpecialist Five · May 31, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JOEY LEE BOLESSpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 25
- RUSSELL EVANSCorporal · Panel 23W, Line 26
- STEVEN KENNETH SPRINKLESpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 31
- SALVADOR PUGA TRIANASpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 32
- THOMAS ARTHUR WATSONCorporal · Panel 23W, Line 33
- JAMES JOSEPH WISESpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 34
- JAMES ALFRED WRIGHTSpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 34
From Charleston
- CHARLES EDWIN HUDDLE JRCaptain · March 21, 1965
- JOHN ROBERT BALLFirst Lieutenant · June 19, 1965
- TIMOTHY MORGAN BLAKESecond Lieutenant · November 15, 1965
- CURTIS ESTILL BINIONFirst Lieutenant · July 5, 1966
- WILLIAM OMER HILLSpecialist Five · December 11, 1966
- JOHN LEE STRICKLANDPrivate First Class · January 11, 1967
- CHARLES EDWARD BOGGSPrivate First Class · March 6, 1967
- EDWARD WALLACE BROWN JRSergeant First Class · May 1, 1967
- JAMES ROBERT SIMMONSStaff Sergeant · October 14, 1967
- CHARLES EDWARD ROBERTSONPetty Officer Third Class · November 19, 1967
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.