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DONALD WILLIAM KEMBLE IV
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
February 5, 1945 – November 28, 1967
Service recordDonald William Kemble IV, of Flint, Michigan, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 28, 1967, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 30E, Line 101 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30E · Line 101
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
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- February 5, 1945
- Home of record
- Flint, Michigan (Genesee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 28, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date November 28, 1967; he was the only one lost in Pleiku Province that day. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 142 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30E, Line 101
- WILLIAM GARY HALLCorporal · November 28, 1967
- GARY BLAINE JONESPrivate First Class · November 28, 1967
- PAUL AUSTIN LEONARDPrivate First Class · November 28, 1967
- DON N MAYHUESpecialist Four · November 28, 1967
From Flint
- ROY E STOKESLance Corporal · June 4, 1965
- FRED TOINSSpecialist Four · October 12, 1965
- JAMES LEROY CRAGARStaff Sergeant · October 22, 1965
- DONALD CAMERON MCPHEEGunnery Sergeant · October 24, 1965
- WARDLOW WESLEY PARTEEPrivate First Class · November 12, 1965
- BILLIE NEAL PLUMPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- RAYMOND CARL ROBINSONSergeant · March 30, 1966
- DENNIS A DESCOPrivate First Class · April 11, 1966
- JULIAN B WILLOUGHBYStaff Sergeant · April 29, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD DOZIERLance Corporal · August 25, 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.