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FREDERICK C KINSLER JR
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
July 18, 1949 – August 23, 1969
Service recordFrederick C Kinsler JR, of North Plainfield, New Jersey, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 23, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 103 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 103
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- July 18, 1949
- Home of record
- North Plainfield, New Jersey (Somerset County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 23, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date August 23, 1969; ten of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 103
- DENNIS MAYON MATTOXSpecialist Four · August 23, 1969
- NORMAN LEO RICHARDStaff Sergeant · August 23, 1969
- JON ERIC DAVISPrivate · August 24, 1969
From North Plainfield
- DENNIS RICHARD SCHMIDTCorporal · August 8, 1966
- JOHN FRANK BARANOSKIPrivate First Class · February 20, 1968
- RONALD PETER SANTOROLance Corporal · August 3, 1968
- WILLIAM B CHRISTENSONChief Warrant Officer 2 · July 10, 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.