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DELMER LANGLY KINNEY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 24, 1951 – July 27, 1969
Service recordDelmer Langly Kinney, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 27, 1969, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 58 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 58
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Ammunition Helper (55A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- January 24, 1951
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 27, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date July 27, 1969; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 58
- JAMES CLEVELAND JACKSONCorporal · July 27, 1969
- THEODORE EDWARD MANGUM JRPrivate First Class · July 27, 1969
- GARY PAUL LEACHFirst Lieutenant · July 28, 1969
- EDWARD ANTHONY MISKOWSKICaptain · July 28, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JAMES ALBERT AMOSPrivate First Class · Panel 20W, Line 53
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 1965
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.