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DONALD WAYNE KIMSEY
Major · U.S. Army
November 13, 1939 – August 31, 1969
Service recordDonald Wayne Kimsey, of Parma, Ohio, served as a Major in the U.S. Army. He died on August 31, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 16
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
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- November 13, 1939
- Home of record
- Parma, Ohio (Cuyahoga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 31, 1969
- Age
- 29
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date August 31, 1969; five of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 16
- DANIEL WILLIAM MAJORSSergeant · August 31, 1969
- HOLLIS GARNELL MAPLECorporal · August 31, 1969
- LAURENCE ARTHUR MILLETTSpecialist Four · August 31, 1969
- LAURANCE RICHARD MOHN JRSpecialist Four · August 31, 1969
From Parma
- ROBERT LOUIS GUERINSpecialist Four · May 21, 1966
- MICHAEL THEODORE SUKARAPrivate First Class · June 11, 1966
- ALAN RALPH STEFFENStaff Sergeant · November 26, 1966
- TERRY LEE DAVISPetty Officer Third Class · February 24, 1967
- JOHN EARL SWEESYPrivate First Class · May 3, 1967
- TERENCE JOSEPH KILBANELance Corporal · July 6, 1967
- JAMES JOHN ZAVOCKYLieutenant (junior grade) · August 25, 1967
- RONALD BRIAN KERNERPrivate First Class · September 10, 1967
- ROBERT LOUIS SASPrivate First Class · November 24, 1967
- DONALD ALBERT BASALLALance Corporal · November 26, 1967
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.