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DIXON TALMADGE KINARD
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
March 31, 1934 – August 25, 1969
Service recordDixon Talmadge Kinard, of Honolulu, Hawaii, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 25, 1969, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 35. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 113 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 113
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
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Cannon Fire Direction Specialist (13E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 92 FIELD FORCE
- Born
- March 31, 1934
- Home of record
- Honolulu, Hawaii (Honolulu County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 25, 1969
- Age
- 35
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date August 25, 1969; two of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “92 FIELD FORCE”, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 113
- ALLEN LYNN HITESLance Corporal · August 25, 1969
- PAUL FRANCIS KOSTICKSergeant · August 25, 1969
- MICHAEL JAMES LAWRENCEPrivate First Class · August 25, 1969
- MELVIN W LAYSergeant First Class · August 25, 1969
- STEPHEN EUGENE BEBOUTSergeant · January 9, 1972
From Honolulu
- JAMES GABRIEL JRSpecialist Five · April 8, 1962
- JAMES HIROSHI ISHIHARAChief Warrant Officer 3 · March 10, 1963
- ALAN YUKIO MATSUURAPrivate First Class · April 12, 1964
- JOSEPH N HAOSergeant First Class · November 14, 1964
- ALBERT KALAHANA KUEWAAirman · September 18, 1964
- FLORENDO B PASCUALSergeant First Class · November 3, 1965
- ROBERT HENRY WHITECorporal · December 3, 1965
- ROY SHIGERU KOBAYASHICaptain · January 23, 1966
- SAMUEL POOKEAOKAL GIFFARDStaff Sergeant · January 25, 1966
- GEORGE GRANT KING WEBB JRLance Corporal · February 10, 1966
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.