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GILBERT VERNON KEMPLE JR
Corporal · U.S. Army
September 17, 1943 – July 6, 1966
Service recordGilbert Vernon Kemple JR, of Cincinnati, Ohio, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on July 6, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 1
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Cannon Crewmember (13B)
- Born
- September 17, 1943
- Home of record
- Cincinnati, Ohio (Hamilton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 6, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date July 6, 1966. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 1
- WILLIAM FRANK HEWITTSergeant · July 6, 1966
- PHILIP BLAINE HINESFirst Lieutenant · July 6, 1966
- JOHN F LEEFirst Lieutenant · July 6, 1966
- KENNETH CHARLES BOUDREAUXPrivate First Class · July 7, 1966
From Cincinnati
- ROBERT DAVID BENNETTCaptain · November 5, 1962
- TOM WARDSergeant First Class · August 20, 1964
- KENNETH EDWARD HUMELieutenant Commander · March 29, 1965
- JAMES MELVEN PENNYPrivate First Class · July 15, 1965
- GENE RAYMOND GOLLAHONLieutenant · August 13, 1965
- LEONARD FREDERICK VOGT JRCommander · September 18, 1965
- CLARENCE HENRY GRAYStaff Sergeant · October 5, 1965
- EDWARD KEMPPrivate First Class · October 23, 1965
- CHARLES R DAVIS JRSpecialist Five · November 1, 1965
- TOMMY ALLEN DOAKPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
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.