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GEORGE SAMUEL KIMMELL
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 2, 1948 – July 12, 1969
Service recordGeorge Samuel Kimmell, of Cumberland, Maryland, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 12, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 108 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 108
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- April 2, 1948
- Home of record
- Cumberland, Maryland (Allegany County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 12, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date July 12, 1969; 11 of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 108
- CALVIN HARRISSergeant · July 12, 1969
- PHILIP NICHOLAS HUTH IISecond Lieutenant · July 12, 1969
- TOBY LEE JACKSONCorporal · July 12, 1969
- JOHNNY LEE KINGPrivate First Class · July 12, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD LEE BUCKLESCaptain · Panel 21W, Line 106
- STEVEN TRAVIS CUMMINSSergeant · Panel 21W, Line 107
- RICHARD ALAN ENGLANDPrivate First Class · Panel 21W, Line 107
- CALVIN HARRISSergeant · Panel 21W, Line 108
- JOHNNY LEE KINGPrivate First Class · Panel 21W, Line 108
- CALVIN GENE MAGUIRESergeant · Panel 21W, Line 109
- ROBERT JOHN SIRESPrivate First Class · Panel 21W, Line 109
From Cumberland
- FREDERICK NORMAN BAKERSpecialist Four · June 12, 1965
- WELLINGTON MARTIN DONAHUEPrivate First Class · November 6, 1966
- CHARLES E ARONHALT JRFirst Lieutenant · May 18, 1967
- THOMAS JOHN MCMAHONPrivate First Class · September 10, 1967
- JOHN THOMAS WERTMANLance Corporal · October 5, 1967
- JOHN DERWOOD SAVILLE JRSpecialist Four · October 8, 1967
- JOSEPH PATRICK ROWLEYSpecialist Four · October 8, 1967
- ROGER DALE WILFONGStaff Sergeant · October 27, 1967
- CHARLES EDWARD GENTRYPrivate First Class · October 29, 1967
- THOMAS JACOB TORRINGTONLance Corporal · January 31, 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.