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DONALD LEE KINGERY
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
November 23, 1946 – November 30, 1969
Service recordDonald Lee Kingery, of Arkadelphia, Arkansas, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 30, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 10
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
- Tank Unit Commander (1203)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- November 23, 1946
- Home of record
- Arkadelphia, Arkansas (Clark County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 30, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date November 30, 1969; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 10
- THOMAS HOWARD JONESSergeant · November 30, 1969
- DAVID LEONARD NICHOLSONPrivate First Class · November 30, 1969
- ROBERT KENNETH PARKERSergeant · November 30, 1969
- CLAUDE BENTON ROGERSSpecialist Four · November 30, 1969
From Arkadelphia
- FLOYD CORNELIUS DENSONSergeant · June 20, 1966
- NATHANIEL CUMMINGSSpecialist Four · June 9, 1968
- ROBERT DOTSON HUIE JRCaptain · April 19, 1969
- DEXTER BUSH FLORENCEFirst Lieutenant · October 29, 1972
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.