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EUGENE WILLIAM KIMMEL
Captain · U.S. Marine Corps
August 20, 1938 – October 22, 1968
Service recordEugene William Kimmel, of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, served as a Captain in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 22, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 40W, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40W · Line 20
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Pilot Vmo/Ov-10 (I) (7576)
- Born
- August 20, 1938
- Home of record
- Sioux Falls, South Dakota (Minnehaha County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 22, 1968
- Age
- 30
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date October 22, 1968; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 40W, Line 20
- JEFFERY WILLIAM EVANSPrivate First Class · October 22, 1968
- JAMES MICHAEL HOLMESPrivate First Class · October 22, 1968
- FREDERICK G JACKSON JRStaff Sergeant · October 22, 1968
- IRWIN LEE KNICKERBOCKERSergeant · October 22, 1968
From Sioux Falls
- LOUIS JAMES CUNNINGHAMPrivate First Class · December 19, 1965
- DENNIS CLARK KNUTSONPrivate First Class · July 24, 1966
- ROGER ALLAN PETERSENPrivate First Class · October 14, 1966
- PAUL OLYNN EVANSLance Corporal · December 22, 1966
- RONALD RA VANREGENMORTERCaptain · January 12, 1967
- JAMES LEE STEINEKEPrivate First Class · January 28, 1967
- RONALD CHARLES GEHLERSpecialist Four · February 15, 1967
- DARRELL DEAN VENENGAPrivate First Class · November 17, 1967
- SAMUEL FANTLE IIICaptain · January 5, 1968
- MICHAEL DAVID MARKSPrivate First Class · January 8, 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.