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DENNIS RAY KINNARD
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
May 8, 1946 – June 23, 1968
Service recordDennis Ray Kinnard, of Mt Vernon, Ohio, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 23, 1968, in Binh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 55W, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 55W · Line 21
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Parachutist, Fa Unit Commander (71193)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- May 8, 1946
- Home of record
- Mt Vernon, Ohio (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 23, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date June 23, 1968; he was the only one lost in Binh Thuan Province that day. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 82 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 55W, Line 21
- DAVID ANDREW DENTONSpecialist Four · June 23, 1968
- HAROLD EDWARD GRAHAMLance Corporal · June 23, 1968
- LOUIS GEORGE HEILFirst Lieutenant · June 23, 1968
- DWIGHT EARL HINMANSpecialist Four · June 23, 1968
From Mt Vernon
- ROGER DEAN ALGIREPrivate First Class · November 26, 1968
- WAYNE ERIC GARVENCorporal · May 25, 1969
- BILLY LEE PETERSSpecialist Five · October 22, 1969
- RICHARD LOUIS STILLSpecialist Four · March 9, 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.