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DONALD EUGENE KIDD
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 1, 1942 – March 14, 1968
Service recordDonald Eugene Kidd, of Louisville, Kentucky, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 14, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 44E, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44E · Line 47
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- June 1, 1942
- Home of record
- Louisville, Kentucky (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 14, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
63 names on the Wall carry the date March 14, 1968; three of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 188 of its members that month.
He died in Gia Dinh Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 44E, Line 47
- EDWARD JOSEPH HAGLPetty Officer First Class · March 14, 1968
- JAMES EDWARD HAMMCaptain · March 14, 1968
- JIMMIE RAY HARRISONMaster Sergeant · March 14, 1968
- FRANKIE RAY JOHNSONPetty Officer Third Class · March 14, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ADOLFO AGUILARSpecialist Four · Panel 44E, Line 46
- THOMAS GEORGE KOLINSKISecond Lieutenant · Panel 44E, Line 48
- DOM E LEESpecialist Four · Panel 44E, Line 48
- ROGER WILLIAM LETTOPrivate First Class · Panel 44E, Line 48
- JOHN R MEDLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 44E, Line 49
- RONALD GENE MCCRAWSergeant · Panel 44E, Line 51
- WILLIAM EDWARD PRICESergeant · Panel 44E, Line 53
- RAUL ROBLEDOCorporal · Panel 44E, Line 53
- THOMAS JOHN SALTMARSHPrivate First Class · Panel 44E, Line 53
- SAMMIE RAY SNEED JRCorporal · Panel 44E, Line 53
- LARRY EUGENE WELCHSecond Lieutenant · Panel 44E, Line 55
From Louisville
- FERGUS COLEMAN GROVES IICaptain · February 2, 1962
- ROBERT SHERMAN MOSIERSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- DON IRA WILLIAMSONColonel · October 24, 1964
- DONALD GORDON RADCLIFFMajor · August 18, 1965
- LEE ROY JAMESGunnery Sergeant · September 5, 1965
- JERRY DWAYNE UNDERWOODPrivate First Class · September 18, 1965
- GARY LOUIS DOWELLCorporal · October 27, 1965
- THOMAS EDWARD THAYER JRSergeant Major · November 8, 1965
- BOBBY LEE FAVORSSergeant · February 4, 1966
- KENNETH RUSHPrivate First Class · February 7, 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.