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FRANK W KINKAID JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 7, 1946 – October 11, 1969
Service recordFrank W Kinkaid JR, of Kearney, Nebraska, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 11, 1969, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 67 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 67
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Grader Operator (62K)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 557 ENG CO 168 ENG BN 79 ENG GRP
- Born
- April 7, 1946
- Home of record
- Kearney, Nebraska (Buffalo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 11, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date October 11, 1969; he was the only one lost in Binh Long Province that day. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 67
- LEO FRED JOHNSONSergeant First Class · October 11, 1969
- VICTOR LAWRENCE JONESPrivate First Class · October 11, 1969
- BERNARD RICHARD KNAPICLieutenant Colonel · October 11, 1969
- MARVIN DEAN LARSONSpecialist Four · October 11, 1969
From Kearney
- ERVIN JAMES HOYTWarrant Officer 1 · April 25, 1968
- CARL RAY WARDSergeant · June 15, 1968
- DALE ERVIN FRUHLINGCorporal · August 12, 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.