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ELMER MARVIN KIVEL
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 18, 1949 – November 1, 1968
Service recordElmer Marvin Kivel, of Port Huron, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 1, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 39W, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39W · Line 1
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Fire Support Specialist (13F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 FIELD FORCE
- Born
- August 18, 1949
- Home of record
- Port Huron, Michigan (St Clair County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 1, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
67 names on the Wall carry the date November 1, 1968; four of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 FIELD FORCE”, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 39W, Line 1
- HARRY JOHN KENNEYPetty Officer Third Class · November 1, 1968
- GEORGE EDWARD KOTTYANSpecialist Four · November 1, 1968
- WAYNE KEVIN LAINESpecialist Four · November 1, 1968
- JERRY SMITH LEONARDPetty Officer First Class · November 1, 1968
- JAMES EMMETT MARTINPrivate First Class · November 1, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DUANE LEE COTTETCorporal · Panel 40W, Line 73
- WOODROW WILSON BRADLEY JRSergeant · Panel 40W, Line 75
From Port Huron
- DONALD LEE NELSONSpecialist Five · May 5, 1964
- KENNETH DALE MIDDLETONSpecialist Four · February 28, 1966
- JOHN J BAILEYPrivate First Class · January 10, 1967
- JOHN FREDERICK ANTHONYCorporal · February 1, 1967
- WILLIAM EDWARD PERRYLance Corporal · May 8, 1967
- CHRISTOPHER JAMES OLEKSASpecialist Four · May 11, 1967
- JACK EDWIN TELLINGPrivate First Class · September 4, 1967
- GEORGE PATRICK BARRETTCorporal · October 27, 1967
- RICHARD JAMES GROATPrivate First Class · February 29, 1968
- JOHN LEE KOEBKESpecialist Four · April 19, 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.