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EDWARD LEO KINGREY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 2, 1948 – July 14, 1969
Service recordEdward Leo Kingrey, of Glasgow, Kentucky, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 14, 1969, in Ninh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 118 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 118
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Construction Equipment Repairer (62B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 589 ENG BN 35 ENG GRP
- Born
- September 2, 1948
- Home of record
- Glasgow, Kentucky (Barren County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 14, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Ninh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date July 14, 1969; he was the only one lost in Ninh Thuan Province that day. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 118
- TERRY LEE HAWKINSSpecialist Four · July 14, 1969
- CHARLES WAYNE HUGHESPrivate First Class · July 14, 1969
- MICHAEL DONALD HUGHESPrivate First Class · July 14, 1969
- BRUCE EDWIN INGMANPrivate First Class · July 14, 1969
From Glasgow
- MURREL D THOMASStaff Sergeant · May 22, 1965
- STEPHEN EVANS THOMASSpecialist Four · May 6, 1966
- KENNETH WALTER PICKETTStaff Sergeant · May 17, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD KIRNSergeant · March 16, 1967
- ALBERT DOUGLAS SMITHPrivate First Class · August 20, 1968
- WARDELL LESTER ARMSTRONGPrivate First Class · October 9, 1968
- DOUGLAS COMPTONSpecialist Five · October 11, 1968
- REX DOUGLAS HARLOWCorporal · June 30, 1969
- JOHN SPENCER BAILEY JRPrivate First Class · July 22, 1969
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.