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FRANK MCCRARY KITCHENS JR
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
July 25, 1950 – April 17, 1970
Service recordFrank McCrary Kitchens JR, of Birmingham, Alabama, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 17, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 17
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- July 25, 1950
- Home of record
- Birmingham, Alabama (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 17, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date April 17, 1970; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 17
- HOWARD DENNIS LANDRYPrivate First Class · April 17, 1970
- MARK ALLEN LILIENTHALLance Corporal · April 17, 1970
- FREDERICK CURTIS MARSHSergeant · April 17, 1970
From Birmingham
- SHERMAN ELLIOT WILLIAMSSpecialist Five · July 9, 1965
- CARL WILLIAM MANNPrivate First Class · September 21, 1965
- ROBERT WARREN ALLENPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- GENE WILLIAM WILLIAMSSpecialist Five · October 12, 1965
- JAMES J HOWARDSpecialist Five · November 1, 1965
- CLEO LOCKETTCorporal · November 8, 1965
- HAROLD JAMES BATTLEPrivate First Class · November 12, 1965
- HAROLD EUGENE WATKINSLance Corporal · November 12, 1965
- CHARLES WILLIAM STOREYStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD EARL HARPERSpecialist Four · January 12, 1966
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.