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EDDIE KITCHEN JR
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Army
March 2, 1935 – March 6, 1968
Service recordEddie Kitchen JR, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 6, 1968, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 43E, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43E · Line 24
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Second Lieutenant (2LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- March 2, 1935
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 6, 1968
- Age
- 33
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
140 names on the Wall carry the date March 6, 1968; three of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 101 of its members that month.
He died in Định Tường 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 43E, Line 24
- DAVID GEORGE ANDERSONPrivate First Class · March 6, 1968
- GREGORY P KERNAHAN JRCaptain · March 6, 1968
- JOHN ALBERT KOZACHSpecialist Four · March 6, 1968
- DAVID JOHN LATRAILLESpecialist Four · March 6, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD LYLE PITZERCorporal · Panel 43E, Line 30
- DARRYL WHITNEY WRIGHTCorporal · Panel 43E, Line 39
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 1965
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.