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EDDIE CLAUDE KIMBLE
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 16, 1948 – November 16, 1968
Service recordEddie Claude Kimble, of Mcdonough, Georgia, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 16, 1968, in Lam Dong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 39W, Line 72 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39W · Line 72
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 (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- August 16, 1948
- Home of record
- Mcdonough, Georgia (Henry County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 16, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Lam Dong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date November 16, 1968; he was the only one lost in Lam Dong Province that day. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 39W, Line 72
- LARRY ROGER WOOLRIDGEPrivate First Class · November 15, 1968
- STANLEY WILLIAM ARMENTROUTSergeant · November 16, 1968
- ROBERT F BALSLEY JRStaff Sergeant · November 16, 1968
- WILLIAM MICHAEL COPLEYStaff Sergeant · November 16, 1968
From Mcdonough
- EDWARD LAMAR MOORE JRStaff Sergeant · March 14, 1967
- CHARLES ROBERT BOGARTSergeant · November 13, 1968
- LEON RAY BROOKSSergeant · December 17, 1968
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.