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GERALD FRANCIS KINSMAN
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
June 12, 1945 – January 15, 1971
Service recordGerald Francis Kinsman, of Foxboro, Massachusetts, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 15, 1971, in Chau Doc Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 45
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Special Forces, Operations And Training Staff Officer (G3,a3,s3) (32162)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- June 12, 1945
- Home of record
- Foxboro, Massachusetts (Norfolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 15, 1971
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Chau Doc
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date January 15, 1971; two of them were lost in Chau Doc Province. In January 1971, 259 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
Also on Panel 5W, Line 45
- DANIEL FRANKLIN COXSpecialist Five · January 15, 1971
- JOSEPH WILLIAM GAA JRSergeant · January 15, 1971
- JAMES ARTHUR HARWOODSergeant First Class · January 15, 1971
- LARRY DALE LOVEAirman First Class · January 15, 1971
Same unit, same day
- JAMES ARTHUR HARWOODSergeant First Class · Panel 5W, Line 45
From Foxboro
- GERALD ERNEST METCALFPrivate First Class · May 22, 1966
- JOSEPH FRANCIS COOKLance Corporal · May 10, 1968
- TERRY LYMAN BALDWINPrivate First Class · August 7, 1968
- ARTHUR LEROY BROWN SRSergeant · February 18, 1969
- MARK WELDON GRIGSBYSergeant · August 18, 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.